Commentary: Building the Older Adult Fall Prevention Movement – Steps and Lessons Learned

Frontiers in Public Health

Matthew Lee Smith¹ 

关键词: fall prevention;    fall prevention movement;    coalitions;    older adults;    partnerships;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00277

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Coalitions are powerful systems change agents because of their ability to unite sets of diverse organizations and multidisciplinary professionals around a particular issue to support action and policy (1). In this context, Schneider and Beattie (2) discussed the importance of building, and steps taken to establish, a national movement to prevent falls and fall-related injuries among older adults in the United States. As part of this movement to combat fall incidence rates and the ramifications of injurious falls, the FallsFree® Initiative (3) supports 42 State Fall Prevention Coalitions (SFPC) to address falls and related risk factors by the following: (A) identifying and promoting the issue; (B) engaging partners and leaders; and (C) identifying solutions (2). Alongside, this established and growing national effort to organize fall prevention advocacy, action, and policy at the state level (2) and localized coordinated activities within states serve as a niche to incite cross-disciplinary collaboration to improve older adult health through innovative solutions.1 This commentary focuses on a within-state task force with the potential to complement efforts of the Georgia SFPC to prevent falls.

【 授权许可】

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