Health-Related Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2023) | Viewed by 1964
Special Issue Editor
Interests: cognition; cognitive aging; cognitive decline; sleep; health; health equity; modifiable risk factors; health disparities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The world’s population is aging rapidly, with the fastest growing age group being those aged 65 and over. It is projected that by 2050, older adults will make up 16% of the world’s population, an increase of seven percentage points from 9% in 2019. As the world moves toward a larger proportion of older adults, it is important to identify steps for developing and maintaining healthy cognitive aging. While age is the strongest risk factor for cognitive decline and subsequent dementia, cognitive decline is not an inevitable consequence of aging. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines for reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, which included increasing physical activity, quitting smoking, and managing hypertension and diabetes. These recommendations served to highlight the relationship between health and cognition, while demonstrating potential modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline. The existence of potential modifiable risk factors indicates that it is possible to prevent cognitive decline (as well as dementia) through a public health approach implementing key interventions.
Therefore, this Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on the current state of knowledge on Health-Related Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline. We welcome new perspectives and deeper explorations of the health disorders that have been linked to cognitive decline and/or dementia (sleep disruption/disorders, hypertension, depression, etc.), as well as novel health-related risk factors for cognitive decline. Additionally, evidence within the United States proposes an increased risk related to the social/cultural construct of race/ethnicity may stem from disparities in health conditions, socioeconomics, and life experiences, secondary to systemic racism. Therefore, we also welcome perspectives that include health-related risk factors for cognitive decline in consideration of social determinants of health and racial/ethnic/cultural influence.
The types of manuscripts we are interested in include:
- Original research articles—investigations of the topic area including cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental studies;
- Review papers—systematic reviews and meta-analyses of relevant literature to date, as well as narrative reviews and perspectives/positional papers.
Dr. Arlener D. Turner
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cognition
- cognitive decline
- neurocognition
- health
- health-related
- sleep
- hypertension
- heart disease
- mental health
