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Dementia, public health and public policy – making the connections

Dementia, public health and public policy – making the connections Toby Williamson Toby Williamson is Head of Development and Later Life at Mental Health Foundation, London, UK. Introduction Public health and dementia have, until recently, rarely been found sharing the same bed either in academic journals or in public policy discourse. This partly reflects the low profile that dementia has had in policy debates but even when it has fallen under the spotlight, the focus has been on it as a neurological condition and the priority has been to find effective treatments or cure. In the last ten years, however, the landscape has changed significantly and the profile of dementia has risen dramatically in policy, research and practice terms. Although the link with public health is still relatively weak a significant development took place in 2014 which perhaps signals a change on that front. This article examines these developments with a particular focus on the Blackfriars Consensus on promoting brain health (UK Health Forum & Public Health England, 2014), as well as briefly considering how other factors influencing health debates may come to bear on the field of dementia. Dementia Dementia is an umbrella term for a variety of organic conditions that affect the brain. Common symptoms are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Public Mental Health Emerald Publishing

Dementia, public health and public policy – making the connections

Williamson, Toby
Journal of Public Mental Health , Volume 14 (1): 3 – Mar 16, 2015
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Toby Williamson Toby Williamson is Head of Development and Later Life at Mental Health Foundation, London, UK. Introduction Public health and dementia have, until recently, rarely been found sharing the same bed either in academic journals or in public policy discourse. This partly reflects the low profile that dementia has had in policy debates but even when it has fallen under the spotlight, the focus has been on it as a neurological condition and the priority has been to find effective treatments or cure. In the last ten years, however, the landscape has changed significantly and the profile of dementia has risen dramatically in policy, research and practice terms. Although the link with public health is still relatively weak a significant development took place in 2014 which perhaps signals a change on that front. This article examines these developments with a particular focus on the Blackfriars Consensus on promoting brain health (UK Health Forum & Public Health England, 2014), as well as briefly considering how other factors influencing health debates may come to bear on the field of dementia. Dementia Dementia is an umbrella term for a variety of organic conditions that affect the brain. Common symptoms are

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Published: Mar 16, 2015

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