ADA-friendly PDF: RESEARCH WITH A HEART MUSC Awarded Grant to Study Health Disparities in Stroke Recovery

RESEARCH WITH A HEART MUSC Awarded Grant to Study Health Disparities in Stroke Recovery

 

African Americans are more likely to experience a stroke and be more adversely affected by it than their white counterparts. In South Carolina, the buckle of the stroke belt, African Americans are twice as likely to die from stroke when compared to whites. Less well known is that recovery after stroke is poorer for African Americans than for whites, and that access to rehabilitation (or lack thereof) does not completely account for this discrepancy.

 

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