Improving Access to Comprehensive Injury Risk Assessment and Risk Factor Reduction in Older Adult Populations

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ID11039284
AuthorsJoyce C Pressley (0000-0001-9039-9120, At the time of the study, Joyce C. Pressley was with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Barbara Barlow was with Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Lodze Quitel was with Harlem Hospital, New York. Aisha Jafri was a summer research assistant and an MPH student at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.), Barbara Barlow (At the time of the study, Joyce C. Pressley was with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Barbara Barlow was with Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Lodze Quitel was with Harlem Hospital, New York. Aisha Jafri was a summer research assistant and an MPH student at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.), Lodze Quitel (At the time of the study, Joyce C. Pressley was with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Barbara Barlow was with Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Lodze Quitel was with Harlem Hospital, New York. Aisha Jafri was a summer research assistant and an MPH student at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.), Aisha Jafri (At the time of the study, Joyce C. Pressley was with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Barbara Barlow was with Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, and the Injury Free Coalition, New York. Lodze Quitel was with Harlem Hospital, New York. Aisha Jafri was a summer research assistant and an MPH student at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.)
Year2007
Volume97
Issue4
Pages676-678
Publication date2007-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2006.091140
PMID17329643
PMCIDPMC1829339
OpenAlexW2066154779
LanguageEN
References cited8

Preventing injuries in older populations (aged 50–86 years) is more complex than in younger populations because of frailty, comorbidities, polypharmacy, and physical and cognitive functional limitations. To improve accessibility and delivery of comprehensive, focused injury prevention, we developed a model incorporating applicable features of our national children’s program with additional elements to address challenges of older populations. The older adult injury prevention model addresses gaps in prevention by improving access to risk factor screening, safety devices, education, counseling, medical care, and referrals

Computer security · Injury prevention · Intensive care medicine · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Polypharmacy · Risk assessment · Risk factor · Suicide prevention · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Traffic and Road Safety · Trauma and Emergency Care Studies · Gerontology

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