Educating the masses to address a global public health priority: The Preventing Dementia Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

ABSTRACT: Dementia is a global public health priority and risk reduction is an important pillar of the public health response. While 40% of cases are estimated to be attributable to modifiable health and lifestyle risk factors, public awareness of the evidence is low, limiting peoples' opportunity to adopt risk-reducing behaviours. To address this gap, we designed, implemented, and evaluated an educational intervention, the Preventing Dementia Massive Open Online Course (PDMOOC). This mixed-methods study examined the reach and impact of the free and globally available PDMOOC, to assess its potential to provide effective dementia risk reduction education to a broad international audience. Over 100,000 individuals participated in the PDMOOC across seven iterations from 2016 to 2020, with 55,739 of the

SUBMITTER: Farrow M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9067672 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature