Improving access to comprehensive injury risk assessment and risk factor reduction in older adult populations.
Preventing injuries in older populations (aged 50-86 years) is more complex than in younger populations because of frailty, comorbidities, polypharmacy, and physical and cognitive functional limitations. To improve accessibility and delivery of comprehensive, focused injury prevention, we developed a model incorporating applicable features of our national children's program with additional elements to address challenges of older populations. The older adult injury prevention model addresses gaps in prevention by improving access to risk factor screening, safety devices, education, counseling, medical care, and referrals.
Pressley
Joyce C
JC
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. jp376@columbia.edu
Barlow
Barbara
B
Quitel
Lodze
L
Jafri
Aisha
A
D000368:Aged; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009519:New York City; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012449:Safety; D014505:Urban Population; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*