title: Integration of fall prevention into state policy in Connecticut.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the ongoing efforts of the Connecticut Collaboration for Fall Prevention (CCFP) to move evidence regarding fall prevention into clinical practice and state policy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A university-based team developed methods of networking with existing statewide organizations to influence clinical practice and state policy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe steps taken that led to funding and legislation of fall prevention efforts in the state of Connecticut. We summarize CCFP's direct outreach by tabulating the educational sessions delivered and the numbers and types of clinical care providers that were trained. Community organizations that had sustained clinical practices incorporating evidence-based fall prevention were subsequently funded through mini-grants to develop innovative interventional activities. These mini-grants targeted specific subpopulations of older persons at high risk for falls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Building collaborative relationships with existing stakeholders and care providers throughout the state, CCFP continues to facilitate the integration of evidence-based fall prevention into clinical practice and state-funded policy using strategies that may be useful to others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Yale University School of Medicine , 300 George St. Suite 775, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. terrence.murphy@yale.edu
authors.forename: Terrence E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Dorothy I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Linda S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Leo-Summers
authors.forename: Luann
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bianco
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Acampora
authors.forename: Mary B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003237:Connecticut; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012109:Research Support as Topic