Abstract Background The Public Health Intervention Wheel (PHIW) is a population‐based
practice model that encompasses three levels of practice (community, systems, and …

With our rapidly ageing population there is an urgent imperative to minimise the rate of falls
and associated injuries. A key challenge to public health is to better conceptualise and …

Accidental falls occur commonly in older people, often at home, and are a major cause of
morbidity and mortality. A serious fall can lead to both short and long-term physical disability …

Background Falls are a major health threat to older community-living people, and initiatives
to prevent falls should be a public health priority. We evaluated a Dutch version of a …

gormley kj (2011) Falls prevention and support: translating research, integrating services
and promoting the contribution of service users for quality and innovative programmes of …

Background Falls are a major problem for patients and hospitals, resulting in death,
disability and increased costs of healthcare. Objectives This study aimed to estimate the …

Falls are a major health issue for older people. Each year 1.57 million older people fall more
than three times and 70 000 fracture their hips, and injury which freqquently leads to …

6 American Nurse Today Volume 10, Number 7 www. AmericanNurseToday. com www.
AmericanNurseToday. com July 2015 American Nurse Today 7 duce falls using current …

JCAHO categorizes acceptable interventions for NPSG 9 into five areas: physical measures,
psychological measures, environmental measures, staff education, and patient and family …

Objective To identify and compare the minimum number of clients that a multidisciplinary
falls prevention service delivered through domiciliary or centre‐based care needs to treat to …