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The Healthy Brain Initiative: A National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health
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2007
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By Alzheimer's Association ...
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Alternative Title:The Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map: 2007
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Description:In Fall 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Alzheimer’s Association formed a new partnership to examine how best to bring a public health perspective to the promotion of cognitive health. To assist with this Healthy Brain Initiative, the Partners worked closely with the National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging to convene a multidisciplinary Steering Committee and an even wider array of invited experts from concerned public and private sector organizations. Together we examined the current state of knowledge regarding the promotion and protection of cognitive health, identified important knowledge gaps, and defined the unique role and contributions of public health. We focused on vascular risk factors and physical activity because of their association with cognitive outcomes, adopted a strategic framework, and embarked on an intensive process to generate the actions offered in this National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health.
The Road Map recognizes current social trends and other factors that affect cognitive health from a public health standpoint: an aging population, growing fear and concern expressed by many people as they age about their potential loss of cognitive function, increasing societal burden from cognitive decline, greater caregiver burden, and a continued lack of awareness about cognitive health among consumers and providers alike.
With this backdrop, we offer a lofty but achievable long-term goal: To maintain or improve the cognitive performance of all adults. To accomplish this goal, we propose a set of 44 actions that are firmly grounded in science, emphasize primary prevention, assume a community and population approach, and are committed to eliminating disparities in personal health and health care for racial or ethnic groups. It is critical to note that each priority action is based on a detailed, scientific rationale, with implementation to be based on demonstrated effectiveness of specific interventions
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Pages in Document:70 pdf pages
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Citation:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Alzheimer’s Association. The Healthy Brain Initiative: A National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health: Chicago, IL: Alzheimer’s Association; 2007
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