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THE HEALTHY BRAIN INITIATIVE:
IV DEVELOPING THE THIRD ROAD MAP

In 2005, the Alzheimer’s Association and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) created the Healthy Brain Initiative—a
collaborative effort to advance public health
awareness of and action on Alzheimer’s
disease as a public health issue. Healthy
Brain Initiative partners work together to better
understand the public health burden of cognitive
impairment through surveillance; build a strong
evidence base for policies, communication,
and programmatic interventions for promoting
cognitive health and addressing cognitive
impairment and caregiving; and translate that
foundation into effective public health practice in
states and communities.

The first major document to advance these goals
was The Healthy Brain Initiative: A National
Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive
Health (2007), which served as a catalyst for
numerous accomplishments on the part of
multiple stakeholders. Similarly, the second
Road Map, The Healthy Brain Initiative: The
Public Health Road Map for State and National
Partnerships, 2013-2018, is noted for stimulating
the growing public health response to dementia.
Since publication of the first Road Map,
implementation of specific Road Map actions has
increased year over year.

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