Exploring English policymakers' attitudes towards dementia risk reduction: A qualitative study.
Sebastian WalshHannah RoscoeElspeth MathieLindsay WallaceIshtar GoviaCarol BraynePublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2023)
Policymakers generally held dementia to be partially preventable. Policymakers recognised that both individual- and population-level approaches to primary prevention of dementia are required - with some policymakers perceiving that population-level approaches are under-utilised. Key barriers to implementing more population-level approaches were identified as the complexity and co-ordination required to effectively tackle upstream determinants of health.