@article{21cddfaf72a14b94be0252a7b0527b94,
title = "Community perceptions related to brain donation: Evidence for intervention",
abstract = "Introduction: Research progress on neurocognitive disorders requires donation of both healthy and diseased brains. Here, we describe attitudes toward brain donation among a large community sample in Florida. Methods: HealthStreet, a community engagement program at the University of Florida, used community health workers to assess community attitudes toward research participation, including brain donation. Results: Over 60% of people, primarily Caucasian and employed, indicated that they would be likely or somewhat likely to donate their brain for research. Those who would be willing to donate were also more likely to be willing to participate in other research studies and to have participated in research. Discussion: Brain donation will add to the science of disorders of aging, including accurate diagnoses and validation of in vivo biomarkers. Increasing willingness to donate is a first step toward donation. Community populations are willing; community health workers can educate others about the need for this initiative in communities.",
keywords = "Alzheimer's, Brain donation, Community health worker, Dementia, Epidemiology, Public health, Research perceptions",
author = "Striley, {Catherine W.} and Milani, {Sadaf A.} and Evan Kwiatkowski and DeKosky, {Steven T.} and Cottler, {Linda B.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part through the National Institutes of Health's Clinical and Translational Science Awards program, which is led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [ UL1TR001427 ], by the 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center [ NIH P50 AG047266 ], sponsored by the National Institute on Aging , which governs Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers through the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center, by the Florida Department of Health –Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program [ 6AZ05 ], and by the Department of Epidemiology with funding from the College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions . S.A.M. is funded by the Graduate School Fellowship at the University of Florida . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health. Funding Information: This work was supported in part through the National Institutes of Health's Clinical and Translational Science Awards program, which is led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [UL1TR001427], by the 1Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center [NIH P50 AG047266], sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, which governs Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers through the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center, by the Florida Department of Health?Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program [6AZ05], and by the Department of Epidemiology with funding from the College of Medicine and College of Public Health and Health Professions. S.A.M. is funded by the Graduate School Fellowship at the University of Florida. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of the National Institutes of Health. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 the Alzheimer's Association",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.jalz.2018.09.005",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "15",
pages = "267--272",
journal = "Alzheimer's and Dementia",
issn = "1552-5260",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "2",
}