State Fall Prevention Coalitions as Systems Change Agents: An Emphasis on Policy

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 244-253

  Schneider, Ellen C ^a   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b,c   Ory, Marcia G ^c   Altpeter, Mary ^a   Scheirer, Mary Ann ^e   Shubert, Tiffany E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Bonita) Lynn   (United States)

^e Scheirer Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

aging and health; coalitions; fall prevention policy; older adult fall prevention; systems change

Indexed keywords

AGED; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKING; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84958535915     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839915610317     Document Type: Article

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