Health promotion interventions for increasing stroke awareness in ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the literature

Table 2 Characteristics of populations targeted by the interventions

ID	Study	Target ethnic groups	Intervention level	Population	Population size
1	Boden-Albala 2010 [44]	Hispanics; African Americans	Groups	Survivors (stroke and TIA)	Large: 736
2	Chan 2008 [45]	African Americans	Individuals	General population	Medium: 198 1
3	Covington 2010 [46]	African Americans	Groups	General population	Small: 16
4	Dromerick 2011 [47]	African Americans	Individuals	Survivors (stroke and TIA)	Medium: 250
5	Duraski 2003 [48]; Duraski 2006 [49]	Hispanics	Groups	General population	Medium: 177
6	Duraski 2007 [50]	Hispanics	Groups	Children and young adults (aged 9–26)	Small: 32
7	Frank 2008 [51]	African Americans	Groups	Parishioners of African-American churches	Medium: 120
8	Kalenderian 2009 [53]	African Americans; Hispanics	Groups	Individuals taking part in church activities	Large: > 1500
9	Kleindorfer 2008 [54]	African Americans	Individuals	Women	Medium: 383
10	Miller 2003 [55]	African Americans	Individuals	Patients at risk for stroke	Small: 60
11	Morgenstern 2007 [56]; Gonzales 2007 [52]; Mullen Conley 2010 [29]	Mexican Americans	Groups	Middle school students and their parents	Large: 706
12	Villablanca 2009 [57]	African Americans; Hispanics	Groups	Women aged > 40 years	Large: 1052
13	Williams 2008 [58]	Hispanics; African Americans	Groups	Students aged 9-11	Large: 582
14	Williams 2012 [59]	African Americans; Hispanics	Individuals	Parents of primary school children	Medium: 101
15	Williamson 2009 [60]	African Americans	Groups	Members of an Afro-American church	Medium: 325