title: Implementing falls prevention research into policy and practice: an overview of a new National Health and Medical Research Council Partnership Grant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Falls and Balance Research Group, Neuroscience Research Australia, The University of New South Wales, Australia. s.lord@neura.edu.au
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Lord
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Delbaere
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiedemann
authors.forename: Stuart T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Daina L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sturnieks
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D012307:Risk Factors