Hi Sonia,

At the  WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion 
Karolinska Institutet , Department of Public Health Sciences with the address
http://www.ki.se/phs/wcc-csp/main.html    you might find something. They have a coordinating funciton wrold-wide of the community safety movement. Since early 1970s there has been a number of doctoral thesesabout injury prevention.

yours

Bo J A Haglund


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Från: Sonia Mathieu <[log in to unmask]>
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Datum: den 16 februari 1999 05.29
Ämne: The elderly's home environment and the risk of falling


>Hello,
>
>Last summer I took part of a research project concerning the elderly's home
>environment and the risk of falling. This experiment made me become aware
>of the extent of the problems.
>
>It is known that environmental security is a significant element in the
>prevention injuries by falling of the elderly. Environmental risk factors
>like cumbersome pieces of furniture, weak lighting, the absence of rails in
>the bathroom and the staircase are all modifiable and they are of an
>intervention program.
>
>The health professionals are the principal ressource in the reduction of
>home environmental risk to the elderly. Also, community groups and
>organizations seem to have a positive impact in strategies of risk
>reduction in the elderly's home.
>
>I would like to know some more on the various programs of intervention
>concerning the prevention falling accident in the elderly's home, who were
>carried out with the implication of groups and community organizations.
>
>Any information on the subject would be largely appreciated.
>
>Thank you
>
>Sonia Mathieu
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