Breaking the Fall:
Community Injury Prevention Strategies for Older Adults
Originally broadcast November 15, 2012
Speakers:
Mary Gallant, PhD, MPH
Professor of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, University at Albany
Jane E. Corrarino, PhD, RN
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
This broadcast will include experts in falls and injury prevention among older adults. They will provide information on the importance of falls as it relates to the overall health of older adults as well as a brief history of the work that has been done and advances that have been made in the last decade. In addition speakers will discuss their experiences participating in, reviewing, and overseeing falls prevention program, providing viewers with an overview of what works, and how it works. Finally, recognizing that there is still a need for significant advancements in this area, presenters will make recommendations as to how everyone can take steps to help reduce the incidence of falls among older adults.
Objectives:
After watching this broadcast participants will be able to:
- Describe the problem of falls among older adults, including extent of the problem, high-risk groups, and risk and protective factors
- Identify effective fall-prevention strategies
- Describe evidence-based fall prevention programs that can be implemented in community settings
- Identify ways to develop and implement an effective community-based fall prevention strategy
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Identify future planning considerations to reduce the incidence of falls among older adults
Continuing Education Credits
School of Public Health, University at Albany is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
It has been assigned Provider Code PA# 157N.
Course code PA# 157N-325; 1.0 contact hour.
School of Public Health, University at Albany is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s).™ Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.
Continuing education credits will be available until November 2015
The planners and presenters do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in this activity.
No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.
