@article{ref1,
title="Knowledge and practices of elderly women about fall prevention",
journal="Revista gaúcha de enfermagem",
year="2022",
author="Nogueira, Iara Sescon and Dias, Jhenicy Rubira and Lopes, Larissa Padoin and Baldissera, Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="e20210145-e20210145",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Unveil the knowledge and practices of elderly women about the prevention of falls. <br><br>METHODS: Qualitative, exploratory-descriptive research, developed with eight elderly women from a community group at a Basic Health Unit in the state of Paraná. Data were obtained through individual interviews, submitted to lexicographical analysis through the Descending Hierarchical Classification using the IRaMuTeQ® software, and discussed with the theoretical-analytical framework of Paulo Freire's Praxis. <br><br>RESULTS: Six classes emerged: 1. Experiences, background, and practices of Health Education; 2. Advancing age as a factor for the occurrence of falls; 3. Fall prevention practices; 4. Falls and their consequences; 5. Importance of preventive practices; and 6. Environmental and behavioral risk factors in the elderly's home. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Knowledge and practices were learned from experiences, background, and educational practices in Primary Health Care, implemented in praxis and mediated by concrete reality and emancipatory dialogue.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0102-6933",
doi="10.1590/1983-1447.2022.20210145.en",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2022.20210145.en"
}