Year: 2026
Type: review
Abstract: The promotion of brain health has generally been undertaken at the level of individuals, for instance, in the quest for precision treatments for persons with, or at high risk of, neurological disorders. But the growing global burden of neurological conditions and the increasing understanding of the brain's central role in all facets of human life have spurred interest in public health approaches to the brain that emphasise population-level strategies benefitting everyone as part of a "brain health for all" vision of society. This article defines the emerging concept of public brain health as intersectoral action to establish brain health priorities, empower communities, and reduce health inequities, with the ultimate goal of improving brain health at the population level across the lifetime. We propose a framework to promote and safeguard population brain health with the following key elements: co-defining priorities with communities, balancing prevention strategies, and reducing global gaps in brain health through ambitious policy-making. Public brain health calls for collective responsibility to maximise brain health equity across the life course.
Source: BMC Global and Public Health
Authors: Timothy Daly, Dorothee Horstkötter, Harris Anthony Eyre, Emily Murphy, Seth Alan Gale, Lisa Cosgrove, Davide Bruno, Eoin Cotter, Andrea Slachevsky, James Rupert Fletcher, Lindsay Wallace, Abel Wajnerman-Paz, Jennifer Jaie Manly, Jonathan Fuller, Stella-Maria Paddick, Romain Manet, C. Elizabeth Shaaban, Marcello Ienca, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Eider Arenaza-Urquijo, Carol Brayne, Agustín Ibáñez, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Edo Richard, Sebastian Walsh, Carole Dufouil
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Bordeaux, Inserm, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Argentina, Bordeaux Population Health, Immunology from Concept and Experiments to Translation, Maastricht University, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Rice University, University of California, San Francisco, University of California System, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Mass General Brigham, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Liverpool John Moores University, Trinity College Dublin, Universidad del Desarrollo, Clínica Alemana, Hospital del Salvador, University of Chile, University of Bath, Dalhousie University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Columbia University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Johannesburg, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Millennium Institute for Care Research, Newcastle University, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, Technical University of Munich, University of Oslo, TUM Klinikum, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, University of Cambridge, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Istanbul Medipol University, University of San Andrés, Pasqual Maragall Foundation, Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, Leipzig University, Radboud University Nijmegen, Radboud University Medical Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Queen Mary University of London
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,490
Funders: Alzheimer's Association, Wellcome Trust, “la Caixa” Foundation, EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Global Brain Health Institute, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Trinity College Dublin, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, ZonMw, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Conseil Régional, Île-de-France, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Technische Universität München, Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research Council, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Fondo de Financiamiento de Centros de Investigación en Áreas Prioritarias, H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Awards: G1000642596, G1008029746, G103627852, G1278513833, G1581799926, G1919018801, G1962610980, G2081538192, G2118524674, G2273276991, G2363475639, G23701829, G2708614939, MACHINE LEARNING FOR MENTAL HEALTH NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS USING MULTIMODAL DATA, G2731646168, G2822108074, G2838651246, BIOLOGIC EMBEDDING OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND LIFESTYLE IN AGING AND DEMENTIA, G294783571, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, G3493348536, G3628792472, G372458624, G3746078142, CENTRO DE GEROCIENCIA SALUD MENTAL Y METABOLISMO (GERO), G4113034044, G4255270288, G4419555264, REd MEMoria Viva Electronic Registry (REMEMVER), G4791335856, G5032928781, G5122713930, G5163463781, G5202334779, G5250673234, G546164382, G56171074, MACHINE LEARNING PARA EL DIAGNOSTICO PRECOZ Y PERFIL MULTIMODAL DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE ALZHEIMER BASADO EN MIRNA DE EXOSOMAS CIRCULANTES., G5840464022, G5881588278, G61846566, G6299303715, G6355750479, G6472671080, G6619092739, G6724362414, G6838293017, G7145308058, G734147807, G7418222981, G7458789856, G7616641907, NATURAL SPEECH MARKERS OF NEURODEGENERATION AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR DISEASE DISCRIMINATION AND SYMPTOM TRACKING, G78343951, NATIONAL CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH (NAIR), G8197154919, MAPPING AND MODELING THE HEALTHY AND PATHOLOGICAL AGING TRAJECTORIES OF THE HUMAN BRAIN, US-South American Initiative for Genetic-Neural-Behavioral Interactions in Human Neurodegenerative Research, DATA-DRIVEN ASSESSMENT OF EVERYDAY FUNCTIONING IN DEMENTIA AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH OF CLINICAL AND NEURAL PHENOTYPES, G9000843808, Frontotemporal Dementia: Genes, Images, and Emotions, Population neuroscience of sex differences in the Alzheimer's disease biomarker cascade: The role of cerebral small vessel disease, Alzheimer Disease Research Center, An automated machine learning approach to language changes in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia across Latino and English-speaking populations, Circadian Disturbance and Dementia in Latin America, Brain CHEC-AC (Brain and Cognitive Health Equity Campaign for Allegheny County), Novel Story Recall Measures as Indicators of Cognitive Decline Associated with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Biomarkers: A Collaborative Study of Existing Data, G9001225465, GRACE-Epi: Global Research on Arts, Cultural Engagement through advancing EPIdemiological methods, BRAIN-CLIMA: Investigating the Combined Impact of Heat and Air Pollution on Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and Brain Aging in Latin America, G9186465
OpenAlex ID: W7222925239