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13: Advancing Cognitive Well-Being Through the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
13: Advancing Cognitive Well-Being Through the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
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34 minutes
Released:
Oct 31, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Overview: This episode introduces the new 2018-2023 Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map, which offers strategies for public health agencies to promote cognitive health and support people living with dementia and their caregivers. Co-authors from CDC and the Alzheimer’s Association provide details about this initiative and a forthcoming companion guide for Indian Country. Jewel Mullen, former president of ASTHO, explains how state and territorial health departments can advance healthy aging efforts through partnerships and policy, programs, and systems change. Guests: Molly French, MS, Public Health Director, Alzheimer’s Association Lisa McGuire, PhD, Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Program Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA, 2014-2015 ASTHO President and Associate Dean for Health Equity at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Resources: State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia, The 2018-2023 Road Map CDC’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Alzheimer’s Association: Public Health MMWR Subjective Cognitive Decline Among Adults Aged >45 Years – United States, 2015-2016
Released:
Oct 31, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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