3041.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Poster Session

Falls & Other Injuries Among Seniors & Severely Disabled Populations

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Epidemiology of fall-related injuries in an older population: A retrospective emergency department chart review
Keshia M. Pollack, BA, Sandra P. Matus, BS, Megan C. Leaderer, BA, Amy Troxell, BS, Loretta DiPietro, PhD, MPH
Board 2Physical functioning risk factors of falls among elderly
Mark Swanson, OD, LeaVonne Pulley, PhD, Hao Tang, MD
Board 3Fall mortality among those over the age of 54, 1990-1998
Patti M Akers, MA, Leslie Upledger-Ray, MA, MPPA, Patricia M Murrin, RN, MPH, Barbara M Stepanski, MPH, Alan M Smith, MPH
Board 4Medication use and falls in community dwelling older persons
Donald C Voaklander, PhD, Karen D Kelly, PhD, Niko Yiannakoulias, MSc, Brian H Rowe, MD, MSc, Donald P Schopflocher, PhD, Larry W Svenson, BA, William Pickett, PhD
Board 5Non-elderly Medicare beneficiaries: A severely disabled population at severe injury risk
Ted R Miller, PhD, Bruce A. Lawrence, PhD, Eduard Zaloshnja, PhD, Laureen Teti, PhD, Hank Weiss, MPH, PhD
Sponsor:Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
CE Credits:CME, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA