title: Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community.
abstract: The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community to provide health professionals in Singapore with recommendations for evidence-based assessments and interventions for falls prevention. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary of the key recommendations from the HPB-MOH CPG on Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Health Promotion Board website: http://www.hpb.gov. sg/cpg-falls-prevention. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Thilagaratnam
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authors.lastname: Shyamala
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Sweet Fun
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authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Akila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andiappan
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Kah Guan
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Au Eong
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Anu Birla
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authors.lastname: Bakshi
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Debbie
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authors.lastname: Boey
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Tsung Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Hui Ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Eng
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Noor Hafizah
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Tang Ching
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Wei-Yen
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Hsin Wei Wendy
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Lydia
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authors.lastname: Seong
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Wei Chin
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Kai Zhen
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
authors.forename: Sri
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mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D004777:Environment; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000592:standards*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012846:Singapore; D012923:Social Class