title: An educational video to promote multi-factorial approaches for fall and injury prevention in long-term care facilities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Older adults living in long term care (LTC) settings are vulnerable to fall-related injuries. There is a need to develop and implement evidence-based approaches to address fall injury prevention in LTC. Knowledge translation (KT) interventions to support the uptake of evidence-based approaches to fall injury prevention in LTC need to be responsive to the learning needs of LTC staff and use mediums, such as videos, that are accessible and easy-to-use. This article describes the development of two unique educational videos to promote fall injury prevention in long-term care (LTC) settings. These videos are unique from other fall prevention videos in that they include video footage of real life falls captured in the LTC setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two educational videos were developed (2012-2013) to support the uptake of findings from a study exploring the causes of falls based on video footage captured in LTC facilities. The videos were developed by: (1) conducting learning needs assessment in LTC settings via six focus groups (2) liaising with LTC settings to identify learning priorities through unstructured conversations; and (3) aligning the content with principles of adult learning theory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The videos included footage of falls, interviews with older adults and fall injury prevention experts. The videos present evidence-based fall injury prevention recommendations aligned to the needs of LTC staff and: (1) highlight recommendations deemed by LTC staff as most urgent (learner-centered learning); (2) highlight negative impacts of falls on older adults (encourage meaning-making); and, (3) prompt LTC staff to reflect on fall injury prevention practices (encourage critical reflection).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Educational videos are an important tool available to researchers seeking to translate evidence-based recommendations into LTC settings. Additional research is needed to determine their impact on practice.
authors.forename: Laura B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Dilley
authors.forename: Samantha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zecevic
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaspard
authors.forename: Bobbi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Symes
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Woolrych
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sixsmith
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinovitch
authors.affiliation: Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, 7/F, 2635 Laurel St, Robert H,N, Ho Research Centre, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. simsg@mail.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Joanie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sims-Gould
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D004517:Education, Professional / Q000379:methods*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team; D014741:Video Recording; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*