Overview of falls in Brazilian public policies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4480315 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renata Francielle Dos Reis Fonseca (0000-0002-5878-0826, Universidade de São Paulo), Silvia Matumoto (0000-0002-8590-5276, Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Physis Revista de Saúde Coletiva (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-7331 • E-ISSN: 1809-4481 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0103-73312021310327 |
| OpenAlex | W3213276794 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0103-73312021000300616 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Public policies portray the proposals of actions on circumstances that affect the population unfavorably. Falls represent an important factor of morbidity and mortality and damage to aging. Thus, the objective of the research was to outline the panorama of falls in the governmental sphere by analyzing and identifying its relevance in official publications. The research, qualitative of document analysis, started with the content analysis of 14 documents and verified that falls are addressed concisely, in most of the documents, and aimed at health professionals. It is noteworthy that falls are highlighted as preventable occurrences and subject to intervention by the elderly themselves, family members, health professionals, and managers
Environmental health · Intervention (counseling · Library science · Panorama · Political science · Population · Public health · Public policy · Public relations · Qualitative research · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Health Education and Validation · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health in Brazil
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |