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. 2014 Oct;10(5 Suppl):S453-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.1748. Epub 2014 Jul 24.

Expanding efforts to address Alzheimer's disease: the Healthy Brain Initiative

Lynda A Anderson  1 , Robert Egge  2
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Expanding efforts to address Alzheimer's disease: the Healthy Brain Initiative

Lynda A Anderson et al. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

The growing burden of Alzheimer's disease underscores the importance of enhancing current public health efforts to address dementia. Public health organizations and entities have substantial opportunities to contribute to efforts underway and to add innovations to the field. The Alzheimer's Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with a 15-member leadership committee and hundreds of stakeholders to create The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships, 2013-2018 (Road Map). The actions in the Road Map provide a foundation for the public health community to anticipate and respond to emerging innovations and developments. It will be a challenge to harness the increasingly complex nature of public- and private-sector collaborations. We must strengthen the capacity of public health agencies, leverage partnerships, and find new ways to integrate cognitive functioning into public health efforts.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Healthy Brain Initiative; Public health partnerships; Road Map.

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Healthy Brain Road Map domains linked to core functions of public health.
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