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| A falls intervention database: describing and evaluating falls prevention programs nationally | | Author(s) | Belinda Gilsenan, Keith D Hill, Ngaire Kerse |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 18, no 4, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 167-173 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Injuries ; Preventative medicine ; Data banks ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Falls affect one in three people over the age of 65 at least once every year. They can result in death, fracture, other major and minor injuries and a loss of confidence in mobility. One of the responses to this public health concern has been a proliferation of falls prevention programmes. This article describes a comprehensive national (Australian) database of community based falls prevention programmes, which aims to facilitate the exchange of information concerning falls interventions. Falls prevention programmes have been identified and critically appraised by an interdisciplinary team using evaluation guidelines based on published findings and reviewed by a reference group. It is envisaged that the Falls Intervention Database will be a valuable resource for those planning and developing future falls prevention programmes. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000127206 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CU: LK2: UVA: 7YA |
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