| Title: |
Involving Societal Stakeholders in Dementia Risk Reduction: An Explorative Study |
| Authors: |
Dobbe, Jolanda HM; Smets, Ellen MA; Kreuk, Esmee; Coppelmans, Simone; Ramaker, Lars; Schröder, Moniek; Stekelenburg, Diny E; de Vries, Wiebe; Verschuren, WM Monique; Deckers, Kay; Wolters, Frank J; Visser, Leonie NC |
| Source: |
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy; 29; 1; e70541; England |
| Publisher Information: |
2026-02 |
| Document Type: |
Electronic Resource |
| Abstract: |
RIVM rapport:OBJECTIVES: Optimal dementia risk reduction requires a combination of individual- and population-level approaches. Societal stakeholders play a crucial role by raising awareness, supporting individual lifestyle change, and/or influencing certain risk factors through policy changes. This study aimed to identify relevant societal stakeholders for promoting dementia risk reduction, and explore perspectives regarding their role. METHODS: We used a qualitative approach with participatory research elements (i.e., collaborating with stakeholders in the research). An advisory panel of citizens (n = 14) was installed to provide input on various study aspects (e.g., study design and interpretation of findings). Thereafter, data collection involved two phases: 1) identification of potentially relevant societal stakeholders (based on advisory panel discussions, a conference workshop, and online searches); and 2) exploration of perspectives of participants from selected stakeholder domains, through 18 interviews and one focus group (total N = 32). We analysed data using thematic analysis. RESULTS: Phase 2 revealed that participants, such as religious leaders, labour service employees and board members of student associations, had limited knowledge and experienced little responsibility to act as a societal stakeholder in the context of dementia risk reduction. Rather, they called for policy and regulations to make dementia risk reduction efforts obligatory and a public priority. Participants recommended incorporating information on dementia and dementia risk in general health campaigns, rather than organising dementia-specific campaigns, and stressed the need to stimulate dementia risk reduction early in life. CONCLUSIONS: Effective dementia risk reduction could benefit from increased stakeholder involvement, as well as imposed policy-level risk reduction measures. Our findings also highlight the importance of including dementia in education and healthy lifestyle programmes from |
| Index Terms: |
dementia; participatory research; population‐level approaches; risk reduction; societal stakeholders; Journal Article; Article |
| Availability: |
Open access content. Open access content; © 2026 The Author(s). Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
| Note: |
English |
| Other Numbers: |
NERIV oai:rivm.openrepository.com:10029/655979; 41560463; 10.1111/hex.70541; https://rivm.openrepository.com/handle/10029/655979; Health Expect 2026; 29(1):e70541; 1574575604 |
| Contributing Source: |
RIVM; From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
| Accession Number: |
edsoai.on1574575604 |
| Database: |
OAIster |