Cross-cultural Educational Intervention and Fall Risk Awareness

The impact of implementing a fall prevention educational session for community‐dwelling physical therapy patients

“…Most falls are related to multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to behavioural, biological, socioeconomical and environmental risk factors (Garcia et al., ; World Health Organization, & Ageing and Life Course Unit, ). Successful community‐based fall prevention programmes use multifactorial approaches (Panel on Prevention of Falls in Older Persons [PPFOP], American Geriatrics Society [AGS], British Geriatrics Society [BGS], ) aimed at addressing identified risk factors such as environmental/home hazards, medication usage, balance and gait abnormalities, vision impairment and education personalized to a person's identifiable risk (Garcia et al., ; Howard, Beitman, Walker, & Moore, ).…”

“…Short‐term fall prevention programmes are effective in preventing falls (Howard et al., ). Furthermore, Verghese () identified that fall risk awareness is related to the use of fall prevention strategies.…”

“…According to the CDC (2017), many falls are preventable. Most falls are related to multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to behavioural, biological, socioeconomical and environmental risk factors (Garcia et al, 2012;World Health Organization, & Ageing and Life Course Unit, 2007 (Garcia et al, 2012;Howard, Beitman, Walker, & Moore, 2016).…”

Perils and Pitfalls of OT Research in a Foreign Country: A Reflection

“…The original study (Howard et al, 2016) During the data collection, I completed daily field notes and reflective journal entries in an electronic file format. To describe the experience of completing intervention research in a foreign context, I explored these documents with thematic and structural narrative analysis (Riessman, 2008;Wertz et al, 2011).…”

“…In August 2014, a U.S.-based team of investigators completed a research project in Belize regarding a falls prevention intervention, which was conducted in partnership with local Belizean agencies (Howard, Beitman, Walker, & Moore, 2016). Many methodological pitfalls occurred during the data collection, which prompted me, the primary investigator, to reflect on the experience.…”