The link between cognitive health and neighbourhood: perceptions of the public, and of policy-makers, about problems and solutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Growing evidence indicates associations between neighbourhood-related factors such as pollution, social isolation and physical inactivity, and cognition, that is, our ability to think clearly, learn and remember. The evidence raises the possibility of neighbourhood intervention playing a role in protecting population cognitive health. However, there is little understanding of these associations among the public and policy-makers, what they mean and how they might be acted on. In this study we explored perceptions of the public and policy-makers about influences of neighbourhood factors on brain functioning, and how they should inform policy.

Methods

Qualitative methods were used in three phases; the study ran in parallel with a quantitative study looking at neighb

SUBMITTER: Stevens M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10474713 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature