BOLD Public Health Programs to Address Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Project Abstract The Idaho Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) Program, within the Division of Public Health, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, is requesting funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to further expand Idaho’s response to ADRD by integrating key components of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map series into implementation planning, strategies, and activities. Funding will be utilized to implement strategies of the 2023-2028 ADRD Plan for Idaho, including, increasing awareness and understanding of brain health, Alzheimer’s, dementia, the stigma of Alzheimer’s and dementia, the benefits of early detection, and the value of family caregivers among the general public, populations of high burden, providers, and other professionals. The Program is applying for Component 2 funding. The Idaho ADRD Program will leverage diverse statewide, cross sector partnerships to strengthen and unify existing community-clinical infrastructure through improved linkages integrating brain health and wellness, Alzheimer’s, other types of dementia, and family caregiver systems to accomplish nine strategies (strategy 3 is excluded for Component 2 grant applications): 1. Create, maintain, and enhance the established jurisdiction wide ADRD coalition. 2. Educate coalition members and partners about brain health and ADRD issues and the wide range of actions needed to fully address ADRD across the jurisdiction. 3. Lead the coalition to develop and track an implementation plan to achieve the priorities, activities, and goals specified in the jurisdiction’s ADRD strategic plan. 4. Educate members of the general public (including populations of high burden) about ADRD, including but not limited to primary (e.g., dementia risk reduction), secondary (e.g., early detection and diagnosis; linkages to treatment, care, and services), and tertiary (e.g., prevention and management of comorbidities leading to preventable hospitalizations and poor health outcomes; caregiving for persons with dementia) prevention. 5. Educate providers and other professionals about ADRD topics, including but not limited to primary (e.g., dementia risk reduction), secondary (e.g., early detection and diagnosis; linkages to treatment, care, and services), and tertiary (e.g., prevention and management of comorbidities leading to preventable hospitalizations and poor health outcomes; caregiving for persons with dementia) prevention. 6. Increase the availability and use of data (e.g., BRFSS, health systems data, registries, community listening sessions, needs assessments, and other available data sources) to improve knowledge and decision making about ADRD goals and activities. 7. Improve sustainability of jurisdiction ADRD efforts. 8. Increase the number of community-clinical linkages among health care systems and services, public health agencies, and community-based organizations. Accomplishing these eight strategies will lead to the Idaho ADRD Program progressing towards the following three outcomes: 1. Improved implementation of jurisdiction ADRD goals that are comprehensive across public health domains, ADRD topics, and prevention levels. 2. Increased awareness and understanding of ADRD topics among the general public, providers, and other professionals. 3. Increased number of community-clinical linkages among health care systems and existing services, public health agencies, and community-based organizations.
