'Make a Move' falls prevention project: An Area Health Service collaboration

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-20

  Stackpool, Gai ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Falls prevention; Older people; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33745757497     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he06012     Document Type: Article

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