iCON TV Mini-Health Series: Enjoy Your Life Again

Enjoy Your Life Again- Stroke Prevention and Management is a six-part television mini-series developed in Cantonese with Fairchild TV and the Intercultural Online Health Network (iCON). The series’ goal is to provide culturally relevant and reliable health information and enable patient management and self-care for the prevention and management of stroke.

Dr. Kendall Ho

Dr. Kendall Ho

“Stroke is an important and devastating disease that affects many people,” comments Dr. Kendall Ho, Director of eHealth Strategy Office, and Professor, Faculty of Medicine. “Yet, if recognized promptly and medical treatment is sought, patients can receive appropriate therapies to significantly improve health outcomes.”

This is the second collaborative effort between Fairchild TV and iCON. In March 2011, the inaugural TV mini-series focused on mental health. “When we discussed the idea of leveraging the popularity of the Fairchild TV programming to spread health messages, Fairchild TV very kindly and promptly agreed, helping us to produce our first series “ states Dr. Ho.

The television series is developed in Cantonese to educate the Chinese community on best practices in detecting and managing stroke. iCON developed the content and curriculum for the series and secured guest speakers for each ten-minute long episode. The series will highlight topics such as stroke prevention, emergency care, recovery and rehabilitation, caregiver support and mental wellness.

“iCON is a community-driven health promotion initiative across the province of BC and we want to be able to reach the Chinese-speaking audience in different ways to promote health,” comments Dr. Ho. “ The popularity of Fairchild TV within the Chinese community makes the TV series an effective and popular way to deliver health messages within our province and across the nation.”

You can watch the series on Fairchild TV (check your local listings) every Wednesday at 6:50 PM starting March 20th. Episode summaries will be available for download after each episode on iCON’s website www.iconproject.org

Episode 1: What is Stroke? – March 20, 2013

Episode 2: First Episode of Stroke – March 27, 2013

Episode 3: Recovery and Rehabilitation – April 3, 2013

Episode 4: Mental Health Change – April 10, 2013

Episode 5: Family Support and Support for Caregivers – April 17, 2013

Episode 6: Prevention – April 24, 2013

 

 

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