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The STEADI Tool Kit: A Fall Prevention Resource for Health Care Providers
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  1. Development of STEADI: A Fall Prevention Resource for Health Care Providers
    Personal Author:
    Stevens, Judy A.; Phelan, Elizabeth A.;
    Published Date:
    Nov 16 2012
    Source:
    Health Promot Pract. 14(5):706-714.
    Series:
    STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
    Description:
    Falls among people aged ≥65 years are the leading cause of both injury deaths and emergency department visits for trauma. Research shows that many falls are preventable. In the clinical setting, an effective fall intervention involves assessing and...
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  2. Assessment and Management of Fall Risk in Primary Care Settings
    Personal Author:
    Phelan, Elizabeth A.; Mahoney, Jane E.; Voit, Jan C.; Stevens, Judy A.;
    Published Date:
    Mar 2015
    Source:
    Med Clin North Am. 99(2):281-293.
    Series:
    STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
    Description:
    Falls among older adults are neither purely accidental nor inevitable; research has shown that many falls are preventable. Primary care providers play a key role in preventing falls. However, fall risk assessment and management is performed infrequen...
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  3. Operationalization and Validation of the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Fall Risk Algorithm in a Nationally Representative Sample
    Personal Author:
    Lohman, Matthew C.; Crow, Rebecca S.; DiMilia, Peter R.; Nicklett, Emily J.; Bruce, Martha L.; Batsis, John A.;
    Published Date:
    Sep 25 2017
    Source:
    J Epidemiol Community Health. 71(12):1191-1197
    Series:
    STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
    Description:
    BackgroundPreventing falls and fall-related injuries among older adults is a public health priority. The Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) tool was developed to promote fall risk screening and encourage coordination between cl...
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  4. Frailty Versus Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths and Injuries Initiative Fall Risk Score: Ability to Predict Future Falls
    Personal Author:
    Crow, Rebecca S.; Lohman, Matthew C.; Pidgeon, Dawna; Bruce, Martha L.; Bartels, Stephen J.; Batsis, John A.;
    Published Date:
    February 10 2018
    Source:
    J Am Geriatr Soc. 66(3):577-583
    Description:
    ObjectivesTo compare the ability of frailty status to predict fall risk with that of community fall risk screening tools.DesignSettingNational Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS) 2011ParticipantsIndividuals aged 65 and older (N=7,392).MeasurementsFa...
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  5. STEADI toolkit: provider tools and resources
    Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    2017
    Series:
    STEADI : Stoping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries
    Description:
    CDC’s Stopping Elderly Accidents Deaths and Injuries (STEADI) initiative is an evidence-based older adult fall pre- vention strategy. STEADI consists of three core elements: screen patients for fall risk, assess a patient’s risk factors, and inte...
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