Implementing a Clinically Based Fall Prevention Program
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Implementing a State-Based Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program
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Falls among older adults are a critical public health issue, especially given the high rate of falls among older adults, the rapidly increasing number of older adults (both in the US and globally), and their substantial personal and societal costs (1, 2). In response, a national movement in the US toward a falls free society is underway (3, 4). According to Lynn Beattie’s commentary “Working to...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1559-8276,1559-8284
DOI: 10.1177/1559827617716085