Dementia in Latin America : paving the way towards a regional action plan
Parra, Mario Alfredo and (on behalf of), LAC-CD (2020) Dementia in Latin America : paving the way towards a regional action plan. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 17 (2). pp. 295-313. ISSN 1552-5279 (https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12202)
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Abstract
Regional challenges faced by Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs) to fight dementia, such as heterogeneity, diversity, political instabilities, and socioeconomic disparities, can be addressed more effectively grounded in a collaborative setting based on the open exchange of knowledge. In this work, the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium on Dementia (LAC-CD) proposes an agenda for integration to deliver a Knowledge to Action Framework (KtAF). First, we summarize evidence-based strategies (epidemiology, genetics, biomarkers, clinical trials, nonpharmacological interventions, networking and translational research) and align them to current global strategies to translate regional knowledge into actions with transformative power. Then, by characterizing genetic isolates, admixture in populations, environmental factors, and barriers to effective interventions and mapping these to the above challenges, we provide the basic mosaics of knowledge that will pave the way towards a KtAF. We describe strategies supporting the knowledge creation stage that underpins the translational impact of KtAF.
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Parra, Mario Alfredo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-648X and (on behalf of), LAC-CD;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 73806 Dates: DateEvent20 November 2020Published20 November 2020Published Online30 August 2020Accepted25 July 2020SubmittedSubjects: Medicine > Internal medicine > Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 15 Sep 2020 09:55 Last modified: 07 Nov 2024 01:50 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73806