Delaware Coalition for Injury Prevention
Fall Prevention Team
Team Leader:
Diana Curtis, MSN, RN
Member Agencies:
American Red Cross of Delmarva Peninsula; American Red Cross, Southern Jurisdiction; Bayhealth Medical Center; Christiana Care Health Services Compassionate Care Hospice; Delaware Technical Community College (Terry Campus); Ingleside Homes, Inc; Milford Parks and Recreation; Milford State Service Center, Department of Aging.
Key Objective:
Educate Delawareans on fall prevention strategies
Key 2011 Projects:
- Educate children and adults about fall prevention,through the TEACH VIP initiative and other outreach strategies.
- Update, with coalition colleagues, the team’s prevention plan for Delaware’s Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program, 2011 - 2016.
- Continue fall prevention activities, such as the Senior Aquatic Fall Prevention project, and promote fall prevention land exercises for older adults.
Brief Project Description:
Public Service Announcements (PSAs), newspaper articles, magazine articles will be utilized as outreach strategies on falls prevention. Another strategy, TEACH VIP, is a self-paced curriculum, available under public domain by the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. The TEACH VIP slides will incorporate information about falls. In addition, it will contain data specific to Delaware’s children and adults. With funding, a myriad of fall prevention programs for older adults will be implemented through community partnerships. The team’s fall prevention plan will be updated to encompass goals for the next 5 years.
Project Outcome:
The TEACH VIP Power Point on falls prevention for children and adults will be available on the coalition web page. Other media outreach through PSA and printed materials will be implemented quarterly. Prevention of falls among older adults will be highlighted in a media campaign for the National Falls Prevention Day, September 23, 2011. Measures of success will be short surveys on knowledge gained through outreach strategies. The Fall Prevention team’s plan will be updated for Delaware’s Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program, 2011 – 2016, and available on the coalition web page.
