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Priorities for prevention
Accidental Injury Task Force's Working Group on Older People
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Document type:Publication
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Author:AITF Working Group on Older People
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Published date:1 December 2001
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Gateway reference:2001
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Pages:74
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Copyright holder:Crown
The purpose of this report is to propose priorities for the prevention of accidental injury amongst people. Older people have a higher rate of accidental injury resulting in hospitalisation or death than any other age group.
Appendices
- Download Appendix 1: Prioritising interventions to reduce accidental injury in older people (PDF, 115K)
- Download Appendix 2: Accidental injury tables (PDF, 34K)
- Download Appendix 3: Summary audit of specialist training courses in physical activity, exercise and accident prevention to support the National Service Framework for Older People (PDF, 20K)
- Download Appendix 4: Prevention of Injuries in Older People - Who should do what? (PDF, 11K)
- Download Appendix 5: Recommendations for research (PDF, 21K)
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