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| WHO global report on falls prevention in older age | | Author(s) | Alexandre Kalache, Dongbo Fu, Sachiyo Yoshida |
| Corporate Author | Department of Ageing and Life Course (ALC), World Health Organization - WHO; Family and Community Health (FCH), World Health Organization - WHO |
| Publisher | World Health Organization, Geneva, 2008 |
| Pages | 47 pp (Order no. 11500723) |
| Source | WHO, WHO Press, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. E-mail: bookorders@who.int Website: www.who.int/bookorders www.who.int/ageing/en |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; International. |
| Annotation | This global report is the product of the conclusions reached and recommendations made at the WHO Technical Meeting on Falls Prevention in Older Age, which took place in Victoria, Canada in February 2007. The report includes international and regional perspectives of falls prevention issues and strategies, and is based on a series of background papers that were prepared by worldwide recognized experts (and available at http://www.who.int/ageing/projects/falls_preventio... The report was developed by the Department of Ageing and Life Course (ALC) under the direction of Alexandre Kalache and coordination of Dongbo Fu, closely assisted by Ms Sachiyo Yoshida. Falls prevention is considered with reference to determinants of active ageing such as culture, gender, behaviour, personal factors, the physical and social environments, economics. The WHO Falls Prevention for Active Ageing model suggests a multisectoral approach based on: building awareness of the importance of falls prevention and treatment; improving the assessment of individual, environmental and societal factors that increase the likelihood of falls; and for facilitating the design and implementation of culturally appropriate, evidence-based interventions that will significantly reduce the number of falls among older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080422003 B |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: 72 |
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