Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map: State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia

The 2018-2023 Road Map is informed by four Essential Services of Public Health: assure a competent workforce, monitor and evaluate, develop policies and mobilize partnerships, and educate and empower the nation. This webinar will cover the role of public health in promoting brain health, review the constituent groups targeted in CDC’s Healthy Brain Initiative, discuss the 25 action agenda items of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map for implementation. Following this introduction, Susan Engels from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services will describe how Washington designed and is implementing a successful program aligned with CDC’s Healthy Brain Initiative.