ACICR 2007 -2008 Annual Report Addendum - Alberta Centre for ...
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Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (CFPC)<br />
Background<br />
For seniors, the risk of falling and sustaining an injury is influenced by a broad<br />
set of health determinants, including physical, behavioural, environmental,<br />
social and economic factors. Interest and activity in the area of preventing falls<br />
among older adults has increased exponentially in recent years. Studies have<br />
identified falls among seniors as the most costly injuries. With the aging of the<br />
baby boomers, the prevention of falls and related injuries among older adults is<br />
becoming an even more critical health issue.<br />
Much work has been done in identifying what works in preventing falls in the<br />
older population and many initiatives are being implemented across the<br />
country. However, many of those tasked with developing and implementing<br />
these initiatives have not had previous experience in the field of injury<br />
prevention in general, nor specific training in falls prevention among older<br />
adults.<br />
The Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum© (CFPC) will build on the<br />
Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum (CIPC) but create new content specific<br />
to falls prevention among older adults, with greater focus on the<br />
interrelationship of the determinants of health that affect falls. The new twoday<br />
course will provide participants with an understanding of how to operate<br />
from a evidence-based approach to seniors falls prevention.<br />
Goal<br />
Objectives<br />
Status<br />
To enhance the capacity of Canadian health care and community practitioners<br />
to plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based falls prevention programs that<br />
will empower seniors to minimize their risk of falling.<br />
Write draft and final versions of the CFPC in English and French that will give<br />
practitioners working in the area of seniors’ falls prevention the skills<br />
necessary to operate from an evidence-based approach to seniors’ falls<br />
prevention.<br />
1. Test the CFPC in three training sessions.<br />
2. Write draft and final version of CFPC Facilitator Manual.<br />
3. Test the CFPC Facilitator course in pilot training sessions.<br />
4. Design and implement a communication and marketing strategy.<br />
Curriculum finalized and now ready <strong>for</strong> wide spread dissemination.<br />
Partners & Sponsors • British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit<br />
• PEI <strong>Centre</strong> <strong>for</strong> the Study of Health & Aging, University of Prince Edward<br />
Island<br />
• PEI Seniors’ Falls Prevention Coalition<br />
• Public Health Agency of Canada<br />
Contact<br />
Ms. Kathy Belton, Associate Director<br />
Phone: (780) 492-9762<br />
Email: kathy.belton@ualberta.ca<br />
<strong>Alberta</strong> <strong>Centre</strong> <strong>for</strong> Injury Control & Research Page 35 of 66 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>Addendum</strong> <strong>2007</strong>/<strong>2008</strong>
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