A qualitative study on the perceptions of preventing falls as a health priority among older people in Northern India

Injury Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-34

  Jagnoor, Jagnoor ^a   Keay, Lisa ^a   Jaswal, Nidhi ^b   Kaur, Manmeet ^b   Ivers, Rebecca ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; YOGA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; YOGA;

EID: 84892814491     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040707     Document Type: Article

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