4272.0 Fall Prevalence Data and Three Intervention Models to Reduce Falls Among Older Adults

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 2:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Richard Fortinsky, PhD

2:30 PM
Symposium Title: Fall Prevalence Data and Three Intervention Models to Reduce Falls Among Older Adults
Mary Ellen Kullman, MPH, Roger Trent, PhD, Steven P. Wallace, PhD, In Hee Choi, MIPA, PhD cand, Jon Pynoos, PhD, Laurence Rubenstein, MD, MPH and Emily Basner, MSG candidate
2:45 PM
1. The Role of Foundations in Public Health Research, Policy, and Practice: Archstone Foundation's Fall Prevention Initiative
Mary Ellen Kullman, MPH
  
3:00 PM
2. Falls among Older Californians: Establishing a Need for Fall Prevention
Roger Trent, PhD and Steven P. Wallace, PhD
  
3:15 PM
3. Expanding Community-Based Fall Prevention Activities: Lessons Learned from the California Senior Fall Prevention Projects
Jon Pynoos, PhD and Emily Basner Nabors, MSG candidate
  
3:30 PM
4. Putting all the Pieces Together: Multifactorial Fall Prevention: The InSTEP Model Projects
Laurence Rubenstein, MD, MPH
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Gerontological Health
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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