Raising awareness for dementia risk reduction through a public health campaign: a pre-post study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evaluate the effect of a health promotion campaign aimed at increasing awareness about dementia risk reduction in middle-aged community-dwelling individuals in the Netherlands.

Design

A 10-month public health campaign using mass media and community participation, supported by eHealth. Population-level difference in awareness before and after the campaign, including variation between demographic groups, was assessed in two independent cross-sectional samples from the same target population.

Setting

The public health campaign was launched in the Province of Limburg, the Netherlands, targeting all inhabitants aged 40-75 years old. Three specific districts within the Province were chosen for an additional community participation approach, in which local stakeho

SUBMITTER: Heger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7651748 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature