Community FP Coalition-Generated Information

Coalition Development

• Recruitment and Membership
• Needs Assessment (Overviews, Surveys, Focus Group Questions, and Result Reports)
• Strategic Plan
• Products and Tools
• Evaluation

Walkability Resources

• Walkability Audits
• Walkable Neighborhoods for Seniors: The Alameda County Experience

FPCE-Generated Information

Fall Prevention Summit Proceedings

On December 5-6, 2007, more than 140 invited stakeholders from various fields gathered in Long Beach, California to map out next steps on how California can better address the serious problem of falls in a rapidly growing older adult population.  The Summit Goals were to: 1) increase knowledge about state of the art fall prevention efforts; 2) develop strategies to sustain and replicate promising fall prevention programs; and 3) generate recommendations to improve policies in the areas of Community Programs, Education and Training, Health Care, Healthy Lifestyles and Recreation, and Safe Housing and Communities. Due to the large nature of the proceedings, the files have been divided into sections.

• I. Executive Summary
• II. The California Fall Prevention Infrastructure
• III. Vision for the Future
• IV. Statewide Strategy for Action
• V. Opportunities and Challenges
• VI. Next Steps

Technical Assistance Briefs

• Technical Assistance Brief #1 - Implementing Fall Prevention Components with Participants in Community Programs, Gretchen Alkema, PhD
• Technical Assistance Brief #2 - Integrating Fall Prevention Components into Existing Organizational Structures, Gretchen Alkema, PhD
• Technical Assistance Brief #3 - Recruitment of Fall Prevention Coalition Members, Katie Mack, MPA, MSG and Julie Overton, MSG/MHA
• Technical Assistance Brief #4 - Strategic Planning for Coalitions, Katie Mack, MPA, MSG and Julie Overton, MSG/MHA
• Technical Assistance Brief #5 - Evaluation Basics for Fall Prevention Coalitions and Programs, Gretchen Alkema, PhD & Phoebe Liebig, PhD
• Technical Assistance Brief #6 - Pathways to Sustaining Fall Prevention Activities, Emily B. Nabors, MSG, Gretchen Alkema, PhD & Phoebe Liebig, PhD

Fact Sheets

• Home Modification - A brief introduction to home modification, a list of everyday situations that pose risks for falls.
• Catch Yourself - Simple Steps to Prevent Falls.
• Preventing Outdoor Falls - Caroline Cicero, PhD
• Tracking Falls in California: Better Data Needed -
  Christy M. Nishita, Ph.D. and In Hee Choi, PhD
• Assistive Devices - Benefits of assistive devices and
  how to get an assistive device
• Balance and Mobility - Causes of balance and mobility problems
• Falls and Vision Loss Part 1 - Bernard A. Steinman, PhD
• Falls and Vision Loss Part 2 - Bernard A. Steinman, PhD
• Profile of CA Falls - Christy Nishita , Ph.D and In Hee Choi, PhD
• Falls Among Older Adults: Public Health Surveillance Issue - In Hee Choi, PhD , Roger B. Trent, Ph.D. , Christy M. Nishita, Ph.D. , and Jon Pynoos, Ph.D.
• Multi-factorial and Physical Activity Programs for Fall Prevention - Debra Rose, PhD, Laurence Rubenstein, MD, MPH, Anna Q. Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, Caroline Cicero, PhD & Bernard A. Steinman, PhD

Falls Data

• Data on Falls in California Sorted by County