Healthy Brain Initiative Roadmap
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The SD Department of Health (DOH), through funding from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Public Health Infrastructure grant, created Head Forward SD to implement the Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) in South Dakota.
The overarching vision of the HBI is that everyone deserves a life with the healthiest brain possible. To help achieve this vision, Head Forward SD will focus on the following outcomes:
- Increase community partnerships.
- Increase prevention strategies and integration with other chronic disease efforts.
- Increase policy action and implementation.
- Increase data availability, quality, and utilization, and data-informed decision-making.
- Reduce stigma and bias about cognitive decline.
- Increase knowledge and skills of the current and future workforce.
- Increase public knowledge about brain health, risk factors for dementia, and
benefits of prevention, early detection, and diagnosis. - Increase public knowledge and use of services for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
The SD DOH has established the Healthy Brain Coalition to develop a strategic plan to support a comprehensive and balanced public health approach to ADRD and strengthen our ability to meet ongoing and future needs across South Dakota.
Conceptual Framework for the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map
The framework of the Healthy Brain Initiative (HBI) Road Map consists of four domains will serve as a guide for DOH to achieve the most action and impact. The framework consists of four domains:
- Strengthen Partnerships and Policies
- Measure, Evaluate, and Utilize Data
- Build a Diverse and Skilled Workforce
- Engage and Educate the Public
Surrounding the domains, shown on the outer circle of the framework, are the areas of practice across the life course that affect the domains: risk reduction of cognitive decline; dementia caregiving; early detection, diagnosis, and management of cognitive impairment; and community-clinical linkages.
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