The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health
While pharmacological interventions for dementia struggle to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients and at-risk populations, non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions have been proposed as a tool to achieve dementia risk reduction. In this review, it is argued that lifestyle modification alone...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2024-01-01
|
| Series: | Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666245023000375 |
| _version_ | 1797382847551504384 |
|---|---|
| author | Timothy Daly |
| author_facet | Timothy Daly |
| author_sort | Timothy Daly |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | While pharmacological interventions for dementia struggle to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients and at-risk populations, non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions have been proposed as a tool to achieve dementia risk reduction. In this review, it is argued that lifestyle modification alone is a surface-level intervention from the point of view of fair and far-reaching dementia prevention. Below the tip of this “iceberg of dementia risk,” there are living conditions and social structures that represent deeper contributions to risk in the population. It is argued that alongside lifestyle modification, activist research and structural interventions are needed to make our society fairer and more dementia-resilient. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-08T21:11:20Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-5732306636b34f56a257b584ee9eeb2d |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2666-2450 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-08T21:11:20Z |
| publishDate | 2024-01-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior |
| spelling | doaj.art-5732306636b34f56a257b584ee9eeb2d2023-12-22T05:34:20ZengElsevierCerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior2666-24502024-01-016100193The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain healthTimothy Daly0Correspondence at: Bioethics Program, FLACSO Argentina, Tucumán 1966, C1050 AAN, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Bioethics Program, FLACSO Argentina, Tucumán 1966, C1050 AAN, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Science Norms Democracy UMR 8011, Sorbonne Université, 1 Rue Victor Cousin 75005, Paris, FranceWhile pharmacological interventions for dementia struggle to demonstrate improved outcomes for patients and at-risk populations, non-pharmacological lifestyle interventions have been proposed as a tool to achieve dementia risk reduction. In this review, it is argued that lifestyle modification alone is a surface-level intervention from the point of view of fair and far-reaching dementia prevention. Below the tip of this “iceberg of dementia risk,” there are living conditions and social structures that represent deeper contributions to risk in the population. It is argued that alongside lifestyle modification, activist research and structural interventions are needed to make our society fairer and more dementia-resilient.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666245023000375Public healthDementia preventionBrain health justiceStructural interventions |
| spellingShingle | Timothy Daly The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior Public health Dementia prevention Brain health justice Structural interventions |
| title | The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| title_full | The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| title_fullStr | The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| title_full_unstemmed | The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| title_short | The iceberg of dementia risk: empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| title_sort | iceberg of dementia risk empirical and conceptual arguments in favor of structural interventions for brain health |
| topic | Public health Dementia prevention Brain health justice Structural interventions |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666245023000375 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT timothydaly theicebergofdementiariskempiricalandconceptualargumentsinfavorofstructuralinterventionsforbrainhealth AT timothydaly icebergofdementiariskempiricalandconceptualargumentsinfavorofstructuralinterventionsforbrainhealth |