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Brain Health · September 10, 2026
A consensus or society position rather than new primary data.
This is a published expert consensus framework proposing a six-stage epidemiological data-to-action architecture for brain health measurement, policy and equity. It does not report empirical results or comparative evidence, but rather sets out principles and measurement demands (cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social, functional outcomes; preclinical change; life-course perspective; equity) that should guide future brain health epidemiology and strategy.
Journal article. Population-level brain health across the life course; emphasis on measurement of both impairment and preserved function, multidimensional trajectories, inequalities..
Six-stage framework proposed: characterise burden; map distribution and inequalities; identify determinants and preventable potential; select and evaluate interventions; assess implementation and distributional effects; translate and monitor policy. Cross-cutting requirements identified: preserved function, life-course trajectories, data quality, equity and stakeholder involvement. Complementary evidence sources highlighted: global modelling and high-quality local epidemiology.
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This framework is intended to guide researchers, public health practitioners and policy-makers in designing brain health surveillance, intervention and policy. Clinicians should recognize that the approach emphasizes epidemiological population evidence and equity rather than individual clinical practice.
Expert consensus framework proposing epidemiological methods and a structured data-to-action approach for brain health measurement, policy and equity—not a primary empirical study.
This framework is intended to guide researchers, public health practitioners and policy-makers in designing brain health surveillance, intervention and policy. Clinicians should recognize that the approach emphasizes epidemiological population evidence and equity rather than individual clinical practice.
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ABSTRACT Brain health has become a major public health objective across the life course. Yet brain health strategies require more than broad concepts and advocacy: they require population evidence that can measure both impairment and preserved function, follow multidimensional trajectories over time, identify determinants and inequalities, evaluate interventions and monitor policy impact. Epidemiology provides this evidence architecture. Applying it to brain health adds distinctive measurement demands, including cognitive, emotional, behavioural, social and functional outcomes; preclinical or subclinical change; the interdependence of neurological and mental health; and a life‐course perspective. We propose a six‐stage data‐to‐action framework: characterise brain‐health state and burden; map distribution, gaps and inequalities; identify determinants and estimate preventable potential; select and evaluate interventions; assess implementation, value and distributional effects; and translate, monitor and revise policy. Preserved function, life‐course trajectories, data quality, equity and stakeholder involvement are treated as cross‐cutting requirements. Global modelling initiatives and high‐quality local epidemiology are complementary evidence sources. New data sources, geospatial methods and artificial intelligence offer major opportunities, provided representativeness, validity, interoperability and equity remain explicit priorities. Brain‐health strategies should therefore be measurable by design, with epidemiology linking population evidence to effective and equitable action.
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