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Healthy Brain Healthy Life: an innovative and culturally tailored approach to dementia prevention in minority ethnic communities
Sophia Amenyah, Michelle Heward, Lyndsey Bradley, Dorothy Tse, Louise Bate. Research for All, 2025-11-13
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Despite having an increased risk of developing dementia, individuals from minority ethnic communities are largely overlooked by research and dementia services and are less likely to receive timely diagnosis and appropriate support. Culturally specific programmes and policies that promote awareness and engage with minority ethnic communities around brain health and dementia are urgently needed to prevent, diagnose and support people living with dementia. In response to these challenges, we developed and evaluated the Healthy Brain Healthy Life project, a targeted culturally tailored dementia-prevention public engagement project to create dialogue and engage with minority ethnic communities around brain health and dementia. The project involved a series of co-produced, culturally tailored interactive workshops with minority ethnic communities and community organisations in the UK. Outputs, which remain an available resource, included: (a) co-produced culturally tailored information booklet; (b) a recipe book, including six recipes and information on ingredients that support brain health; and (c) digital stories from each workshop, sharing the experiences of participants and highlighting key messages on brain health. This article is a practice case study that describes the co-production process, implementation and evaluation of the workshops. The project achieved national and international impact, creating dialogue around dementia in the workshops, the local community and on social media. Here, we share the learnings from our approach as an example of best-practice in engaging minority ethnic communities to develop knowledge and understanding of this stigmatised condition to inform future research. Our lessons demonstrate the value and impact of co-production and participatory methods embedded in cultural competency to create community discussion around public health agendas and messages.
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Amenyah, S., Heward, M., Bradley, L., Tse, D., & Bate, L. (2025). Healthy Brain Healthy Life: an innovative and culturally tailored approach to dementia prevention in minority ethnic communities. Research for All. https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.09.1.14
Vancouver
Amenyah S, Heward M, Bradley L, Tse D, Bate L. Healthy Brain Healthy Life: an innovative and culturally tailored approach to dementia prevention in minority ethnic communities. Research for All. 2025. doi:10.14324/rfa.09.1.14.
BibTeX
@article{amenyah2025-e4601d63,
author = {Amenyah, Sophia and Heward, Michelle and Bradley, Lyndsey and Tse, Dorothy and Bate, Louise},
title = {{Healthy Brain Healthy Life: an innovative and culturally tailored approach to dementia prevention in minority ethnic communities}},
journal = {Research for All},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.14324/rfa.09.1.14},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14324/rfa.09.1.14}
}
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Key findings
- Despite having an increased risk of developing dementia, individuals from minority ethnic communities are largely overlooked by research and dementia services and are less likely to receive timely diagnosis and appropriate support.
Why it matters
This project developed culturally tailored workshops and resources to engage minority ethnic communities in the UK around brain health and dementia. It is a practice case study describing the co-production process and evaluation, not a test of whether the approach reduces dementia risk.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 29/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record, so that was left out: it earned 28 of the 96 points we could judge it on, which is 29 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Research for All) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Research for All: journal h-index 18 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 1 / 7 | Cited 1 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 1 / 6 | Cited 0.6× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 1 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Louise Bate holds only 1 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Northumbria University: institution h-index 354 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 28 / 96 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 28 of the 96 points we could judge it on is 29 out of 100. |
| Total | 29 / 100 | — |
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