The Good News About Fall Prevention

A community education video produced by SPU nursing students at Seattle Pacific University titled "The Good News About Fall Prevention" addresses a serious public health problem among older adults.

Falls are one of the five leading causes of hospitalization in Washington, with over 12,500 admissions in 2006. In the next twenty years. Washington's population of adults over 65 years of age will double. Anticipating this, Washington State Department of Health is putting much effort in a statewide educational campaign and will use this 8 minute consumer-oriented video to give advice directly to older adults on what they can do to reduce their risk of having a fall.

If you would like to help increase public awareness, you can put the link on your website or blogsite. Feel free to copy and paste the link.This video is available for download on the website:http://spu.edu/depts/hsc/fallprevention/video/.

To order a DVD copy, please send $5.00 along with the information (or completed form) of: Name/Address/Contact Phone #/email/Brief description what you will use the video for.

Mail to:

Carol Redfield
School of Health Sciences
3307 Third Ave W
Seattle, WA 98119

Any questions, please contact Carol Redfield carolsr@spu.edu

Thank you for your interest in health promotion. If you would like to put the link on your website, or blogsite, feel free to copy and paste the link.