TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Implementing falls prevention research into policy and practice: An overview of a new National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Grant
JO  - New South Wales public health bulletin
A1  - Lord, Stephen R.
A1  - Delbaere, Kim
A1  - Tiedemann, Anne
A1  - Smith, Stuart T.
A1  - Sturnieks, Daina L.
SP  - 84
EP  - 87
VL  - 22
IS  - 3-4
N2  - Preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older people is an urgent public health challenge. This paper provides an overview of the background to and research planned for a 5-year National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Grant on implementing falls prevention research findings into policy and practice. This program represents a partnership between key Australian falls prevention researchers, policy makers and information technology companies which aims to: (1) fill gaps in evidence relating to the prevention of falls in older people, involving new research studies of risk factor assessment and interventions for falls prevention; (2) translate evidence into policy and practice, examining the usefulness of new risk-identification tools in clinical practice; and (3) disseminate evidence to health professionals working with older people, via presentations, new evidence-based guidelines, improved resources and learning tools, to improve the workforce capacity to prevent falls and associated injuries in the future.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1034-7674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB10058
ID  - ref1
ER  -