Guidebook: CDC's Healthy Brain Initiative - The Road Map for Indian Country
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Population Health has released a guidebook, "The Road Map for Indian Country," part of CDC's Healthy Brain initiative.
This document is the first-ever public health guide focused on dementia in American Indian/ Alaska Native communities. The Road Map is designed specifically to support discussion about dementia and caregiving within tribal communities and to encourage a public health approach—as part of a larger holistic response.
CDC and the Alzheimer’s Association, in consultation with the International Association for Indigenous Aging, sought specific input, feedback, guidance, and direction from experts and elders throughout Indian Country to develop the road map.
The guidebook is a companion product to Healthy Brain Initiative’s "State and Local Public Health Partnership to Address Dementia: The 2018-2023 Road Map."
To read the guidebook, click here.
For more information on CDC’s activities related to Alzheimer’s disease and healthy aging, click here.
To go to CDC's Healthy Brain initiative, click here.