Public Health.

Area of Science:

• Public Health
• Gerontology
• Immigrant Health

Background:

• Asian immigrants face health disparities due to language barriers and lack of culturally appropriate services.
• Dementia education is crucial to address misperceptions and encourage help-seeking behaviors.
• This review focuses on community-based dementia education for East and Southeast Asian immigrant groups.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the characteristics of community-based dementia education programs for Asian immigrants.
• To evaluate the impacts of these programs on community members and carers.
• To identify gaps in dementia education research for specific Asian immigrant populations.

Main Methods:

• A comprehensive scoping review of English-language publications from the last two decades.
• Searches conducted across major databases including Scopus, CINAHL Plus, PsycInfo, Embase, and OVID.
• Inclusion of programs for community-dwelling Asian adults, people with dementia, and their carers, in both origin and destination countries.

Main Results:

• Twenty-seven articles met inclusion criteria, focusing on Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese communities.
• Programs for community members improved health literacy; carer programs reduced burden and enhanced self-efficacy.
• Few programs incorporated cultural adaptation or involved Filipino community members.

Conclusions:

• Community-based dementia education programs can be effective but require greater cultural specificity.
• Most reviewed programs were in pilot stages, indicating a need for further development and testing.
• There is a scarcity of research on dementia education for Filipino communities, highlighting an area for future focus.