Neighborhood Context and Recurrent Falls among Older Adults Aging in Place

摘要：

OBJECTIVE: Neighborhood context contributes both risk and protective factors for falls in community settings.Despite the high risk of institutionalization following a fall, the relationship between fall events and physical/social neighborhood environment not well understood.Social and environmental context has been linked to a variety of health outcomes among older adults, as represented in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO, 2001).

作者: Emily J.Nicklett Ola S.Rostant Karolina Schantz Linnea Evans

作者单位: School of Social Work,University of Michigan, 1080 South University Avenue, Room 3778 SSWB, Ann Arbo The National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimor Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education,University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights,

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 2015中国老年医学和老年健康产业大会

会议地点: 苏州

会议语种:英文

页码: 4-4

在线出版日期: 2015-09-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）