Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-Based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults

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• Alternative Title:
  How to develop community-based fall prevention programs for older adults
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  "CDC developed this guide for communities and CBOs, so they can begin developing effective fall prevention programs. The main purpose of this guide is to: define the key elements of what makes fall prevention programs effective [and to] provide information to communities and CBOs on how to develop effective older adult fall prevention programs." - p. 4
• Content Notes:
  Available via the World World Wide as an Acrobat .pdf file (2.53MB, 100 p.)
  
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
  National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Aged Community Health Services Health Education Program Development
• Document Type:
  Book
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Pages in Document:
  print; electronic resource; remote; 95 p. : digital, PDF file.
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55dfb3a6a29e20adf033e60a45071fc8de684497c9553bddb2541348dbc15f4ff5cf8be7b15994edfab60ffb2633ece2299300a091caf2668540427e4f6b797d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11477/cdc_11477_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.53 MB ]