The Healthy Brain Initiative
CDC’s Healthy Brain Initiative was established in 2005 to improve understanding of brain health as a central part of public health practice. Since then, the Alzheimer’s Association and CDC have worked closely together to develop and implement the national public health strategy for brain health.
The Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map is a framework of actionable tools designed to help public health professionals lead with urgency urgently to promote brain health, better improve care for people with cognitive impairment, and increase attention to caregivers in communities across the country.
The BOLD Public Health Program Awards provide funding to state and local health departments and tribal health organizations to implement the HBI Road Map Series and advance public health efforts on brain health, dementia, and caregiving. This funding is supported by the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act and allows health departments to prioritize public health interventions across the life course and continuum of dementia.
Developed as a companion to the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map, the Road Map for Indian Country is a guide is intended to further discussion among American Indian and Alaska Native leaders on how to best serve the needs of their older adult population and their families and to enhance the quality of life for those affected by Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Healthy People 2030 is the framework that sets the nation’s health prevention and promotion goals for the next decade. Learn about the public health goals on Alzheimer’s and other dementias outlined in Healthy People 2030.
In addition to the public health lens of the HBI Road Map, the Alzheimer’s Association is working to address dementia from a public health approach using guidance and tools for public health departments and health systems, including the Public Health Center of Excellence in Dementia Risk Reduction.