TY - JOUR AU - Theppan, Kwunchanok AU - Suphunnakul, Pattama PY - 2020/06/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Social Network and Mobile Application in Stroke Prevention JF - Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi JA - JPNC VL - 31 IS - 1 SE - Academic Article (บทความวิชาการ) DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnc/article/view/240655 SP - 198-204 AB - <p>Stroke is one of the chronic non-communicable diseases that is currently a major public health problem as it is the leading cause of death and disability among people around the world. It is known that stroke can be prevented by avoiding risk factors which are caused by inappropriate health behaviors. Receiving early treatment can reduce mortality and permanent disability among these patients. Communications via internet networking and mobile application nowadays can be applied for stroke prevention by helping to increase effective communication, easy accessing to health information and healthcare services, reducing congestion and waiting period for hospitalization, including providing healthcare assistant to patients in an emergency. In addition, social network can be a channel to support people for appropriate health behavior change. Therefore, it can be said that social network and mobile application are a channel and tool for stroke prevention more effectively.</p> ER -