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To bridge the gap between evidence and action, a participatory, co-creation workshop was convened of persons living with dementia, family carers, healthcare professionals, policy actors, spiritual or faith-based leaders, and community advocates in a collective process of dialogue, reflection, and solution design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The research aimed to determine whether stakeholders\u2019 knowledge and attitudes towards dementia improved following the workshop.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were drawn from a multi-method assessment from a participatory research dissemination and co-creation workshop held in Kumasi, Ghana. A non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test was selected as the primary analytical tool for the pre\u2013post-test. A reflexive thematic analysis was implemented for the qualitative data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Following the workshop, participants reported feeling significantly more informed about dementia prevalence in Ghana (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.510,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012), the challenges faced by family caregivers (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20093.030,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002), and common caregiver coping strategies (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20093.247,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.001). Understanding of socioeconomic (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.525,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.012) and gender-related (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.569,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.010) influences on dementia risk, and caregiving also improved. Attitudinally, participants expressed stronger agreement that family caregivers deserve more support (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.828,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.005), that dementia care should be a higher health system priority (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.445,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.014), and that faith-based organisations have an important role (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Z<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20092.001,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.045). Proposed solutions included policy advocacy and systems thinking, community- and home-based care, collaborative networks, caregiver support programmes, stigma reduction and cultural reorientation, and involvement of religious leaders.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is a need to formalise and resource a community of practice, thus ensuring sustained collaboration, structured knowledge exchange, collective action across sectors, whilst piloting a caregiver support programme and home-care model with rigorous monitoring and evaluation. 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