title: Preventing falls among seniors: the way forward.
abstract: There is a growing body of research about the etiology and prevention of falls. However, the persistently high incidence of falls among seniors calls for renewed efforts to develop, test, implement, and scale-up fall prevention strategies for older adults. This paper considers advances in the field and describes three priority areas for generating research and translating knowledge on fall prevention. Clinical practice guidelines, systems change approaches and environmental risk factors are discussed. Recommendations include transcending our health sector view of the fall prevention problem, supporting comparative research on system-oriented approaches to fall prevention, and examining ways to sustain and scale-up fall prevention efforts.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa. Nancy.Edwards@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: Nancy C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical