TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - An educational video to promote multi-factorial approaches for fall and injury prevention in long-term care facilities
JO  - BMC medical education
A1  - Dilley, Laura B.
A1  - Gray, Samantha M.
A1  - Zecevic, Aleksandra
A1  - Gaspard, Gina
A1  - Symes, Bobbi
A1  - Feldman, Fabio
A1  - Scott, Vicky
A1  - Woolrych, Ryan
A1  - Sixsmith, Andrew
A1  - McKay, Heather
A1  - Robinovitch, Steve
A1  - Sims-Gould, Joanie
SP  - 102
EP  - 102
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Older adults living in long term care (LTC) settings are vulnerable to fall-related injuries. There is a need to develop and implement evidence-based approaches to address fall injury prevention in LTC. Knowledge translation (KT) interventions to support the uptake of evidence-based approaches to fall injury prevention in LTC need to be responsive to the learning needs of LTC staff and use mediums, such as videos, that are accessible and easy-to-use. This article describes the development of two unique educational videos to promote fall injury prevention in long-term care (LTC) settings. These videos are unique from other fall prevention videos in that they include video footage of real life falls captured in the LTC setting. <br><br>METHODS: Two educational videos were developed (2012-2013) to support the uptake of findings from a study exploring the causes of falls based on video footage captured in LTC facilities. The videos were developed by: (1) conducting learning needs assessment in LTC settings via six focus groups (2) liaising with LTC settings to identify learning priorities through unstructured conversations; and (3) aligning the content with principles of adult learning theory. <br><br>RESULTS: The videos included footage of falls, interviews with older adults and fall injury prevention experts. The videos present evidence-based fall injury prevention recommendations aligned to the needs of LTC staff and: (1) highlight recommendations deemed by LTC staff as most urgent (learner-centered learning); (2) highlight negative impacts of falls on older adults (encourage meaning-making); and, (3) prompt LTC staff to reflect on fall injury prevention practices (encourage critical reflection). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Educational videos are an important tool available to researchers seeking to translate evidence-based recommendations into LTC settings. Additional research is needed to determine their impact on practice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1472-6920
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-102
ID  - ref1
ER  -