Authors: Alzheimer’s Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publication Year: 2024

Keywords: Culturally Informed Care, Health Care Access, Mental and Behavioral Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Aging, Elders, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Cognitive Health, Dementia

Abstract:
The Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples offers actions to improve brain health throughout life. It promotes health equity by using a strength-based approach that honors the diverse American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) cultures and incorporates the indigenous determinants of health. It is developed with respect to tribal sovereignty and is influenced by the traditions of AI/AN peoples.

In 2019, the Alzheimer’s Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map for Indian Country — the first-ever public health guide focused on addressing dementia in AI/AN communities. This second edition builds on what was learned from the implementation of the first Road Map. It can help professionals conducting public health work with tribes, nations, pueblos, bands, villages and urban Indian organizations select and pursue strategies for the AI/AN communities they serve to improve brain health, address dementia and better meet the needs of caregivers. This includes tribal public health professionals and tribal professionals with public health experience working in community and clinical health settings.

This Road Map is part of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map Series. There have been four iterations of the Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for State and Local Public Health at the time of this publication, with the most current covering the time period of 2023−2027. All the Road Maps seek to advance the vision of the Healthy Brain Initiative that everyone deserves a life with the healthiest brain possible. Real-life examples and stories of communities in action are included throughout this public health guide to prompt actions that improve brain health and make a difference in the lives of people living with dementia and their caregivers. Many of the communities in action stories are examples of how the Road Map for Indian Country was used as a framework for public health action.

Read more here: https://www.alz.org/professionals/public-health/models-frameworks/hbi-road-map-american-indian-alaska-native

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