Protocol for disseminating an evidence-based fall prevention program in community senior centers: Evaluation of translatability and public health impact via a single group pre-post study

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Fuzhong ^a   Harmer, Peter ^b  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling older adults; Falls; Falls prevention; Tai Ji Quan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; SENIOR CENTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENIOR CENTERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84902113736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-63     Document Type: Article

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