Dementia Risk Reduction Summit

About the Dementia Risk Reduction Summit

As the number of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias rapidly escalates in the coming decades, the need for effective public health risk reduction strategies that help all communities grows larger by the day. The first-ever Dementia Risk Reduction Summit will explore how public health can address the risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia across the public health prevention spectrum: from working in partnerships and with health systems to addressing community education and workplace practices.

The conference is sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association’s Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Risk Reduction, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Public Health and Dementia Risk Reduction Topics

The Summit will identify what public health agencies at the state, local and tribal level can do to address dementia risk factors across the public health prevention spectrum. Sessions will focus on how public health can act to address modifiable risk factors and social determinants of health for dementia by:

• Strengthening individual knowledge and skill.
• Promoting community education.
• Educating health systems and providers.
• Fostering coalitions and partnerships.
• Changing organizational practice.
• Influencing policy and legislation.

These steps represent a continuum of progress, from building individual knowledge to helping to shape public policy.

Co-Chairs

Wayne H. Giles, M.D., M.S.
Dean, School of Public Health
University of Illinois Chicago

Jewel Mullen, M.D., MPH
Associate Dean of Health Equity
Dell Medical School
University of Texas at Austin

Meet the Dementia Risk Reduction Summit steering committee.

Contact Us

• General questions: CenterOfExcellence@alz.org
• Media questions: media@alz.org
• Subscribe to Alzheimer's Public Health News, the Alzheimer's Association newsletter on public health.

More Risk Reduction Resources

• Public health risk reduction strategies from the Alzheimer's Association: Overview, risk factors and information on social determinants of health.
• Dementia risk reduction information from the CDC: Lifestyle and behavior changes that can reduce a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.