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What resources can improve healthcare workers’ knowledge of dementia risk in Nigeria?
Adedoyin Ogunyemi, MPH
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria
Background
Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and other dementia at early stages allows the best chance for treatment to alleviate symptoms, and it gives caregivers and individuals living with dementia access to services and resources to minimize the burden of the disease. In low- and middle-income countries, diagnosis can be delayed due to deficiencies in healthcare infrastructure and other barriers, and often relies on healthcare workers to evaluate an individual’s risk of developing dementia. Adedoyin Ogunyemi and colleagues propose a pilot project to develop a new educational program for healthcare workers to increase knowledge about dementia risk in Nigeria.
Research Plan
Adedoyin Ogunyemi and the team will first develop a culturally appropriate dementia risk educational program tailored to Nigeria's healthcare workers. This will include 57 healthcare workers from diverse healthcare settings across the districts of Lagos, Nigeria. At the end of the training program, the researchers will administer course evaluations and knowledge screening assessments to evaluate the impact of the new program on their knowledge of dementia risk and screening. Lastly, the researchers will evaluate the real-world feasibility of the program by interviewing a subset of the individuals about their access to program resources and capability to carry out the activities at their health care center.
Impact
If successful, this project may develop a new education program to improve understanding of dementia risk for healthcare workers in Nigeria.
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