STEPwise approach to stroke surveillance
Applying for Participation
Once you have addressed the prerequisite actions and identified the scope of your stroke study, you will need to register an interest by applying to the ICC for participation in a WHO STEPS Stroke surveillance study.
A link to the Application for Participation form is provided below. Once completed, you will need to forward this to:
STEPS Stroke Surveillance
Surveillance and Primary Prevention (SPP)
Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 791 47 67
E-mail: steps@who.int
Acceptance of Participation
Once your application has been accepted by the ICC, you will be given provisional SSS participation status. Full participation will be granted once you have received ethical approval from your local ethical review committee. You will receive the following from ICC:
Provisional Acceptance
- Stroke surveillance site code
- Interviewer codes
- Hard copy of the Stroke Manual
Full Acceptance
- Password to logon to the STEPS stroke web site and download the data entry tool