Public Health.

Background: Understanding the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease is crucial for advancing research and developing targeted interventions. Genomic research in dementia in Africa is of utmost importance based on recent reports from studies in African Americans that African ancestral gene is associated with lower risk effect for developing AD. However, dementia related genetic study is an evolving research in sub-Saharan Africa with peculiar challenges influencing participant recruitment.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Limited knowledge exists about the cultural approaches to managing the psychological and behavioral outcomes (PBO) of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementia (AD/ADRD) in Africa. Specifically, to develop a culture-sensitive training framework for AD/ADRD caregivers, we explored AD/ADRD caregivers' cultural embeddedness in managing people living with AD/ADRD (PLWAD/ADRD) in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Method: Using hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative research design, we interviewed 23 caregivers providing care to PLWAD/ADRD in Ibadan, a Yoruba-speaking ethnic group of Nigeria.

Dementia Care Research and Psychosocial Factors.

Background: Majority of people living worldwide live in low- and middle- income countries, including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Most cognitive assessment batteries for Alzheimer's Disease(AD), are developed in high income countries (HICs), where most international dementia collaborations and data originate. The African Dementia Consortium (AfDC) is a new scientific collaboration network currently participating in the Recruitment and Retention for Alzheimer's Disease Diversity Genetic Cohorts in the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (READD-ADSP).

A Survey of What Healthcare Professionals Consider as Relevant for Decisional Autonomy in Health and Treatment in Nigeria.

Background: Autonomy is one of the key ethical principles enshrined in Part II of the Nigerian National Health Act 2014. To ensure compliance with this principle, it is pertinent that Health Care Professionals (HCPs) understand and know what it entails to ensure that patients are empowered to pursue their decisional autonomy. This survey seeks to explore what HCPs consider as relevant for empowering patients to exercise decisional autonomy, in line with the Nigerian Health Act.