Take Five for Fall Prevention - Fall Prevention Screening in Initial Clinical Visit - Overview
The Integrating Fall Prevention Screening in Practice Settings webinar supports the integration of CDCs STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) initiative into clinical and community settings by providing preventive medicine physicians, residents, and public health professionals with evidence-based tools and training. Participants will learn how to identify older adults at risk of falling, apply effective screening, and assessment protocols, and connect patients with interventions.
Take Five for Fall Prevention - Fall Prevention Screening in Initial Clinical Visit - Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives:
* Understand the burden and preventability of falls in older adults
* Review the CDC STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, & Injuries) framework and current fall prevention guidelines
* Introduce a practical tool to operationalize fall risk assessment in clinical settings
* Apply the tool through real-world case examples
Carolyn DiGuiseppi, PhD, MD, MPH Bio
Dr. Carolyn DiGuiseppi is a Professor of Epidemiology in the Colorado School of Public Health and Professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health and Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. DiGuiseppi’s research examines the epidemiology of injuries and of cannabis use, focusing on older adults and individuals with autism. She is principal investigator of the CDC-funded multi-site Study to Explore Early Development, co-investigator and Training and Education Lead for the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado and co-investigator on an NIH-funded study of injuries and mortality in autism. Dr. DiGuiseppi has published some 250 journal articles, book chapters, technical reports and scholarly reviews, and serves on the editorial boards of Injury Prevention and Injury Epidemiology. Before joining the University of Colorado in 2000, she was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, senior health policy analyst at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, project director for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, US DHHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and attending faculty at the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC. Dr. DiGuiseppi received her medical degree from the University of Virginia, Master of Public Health from the University of Washington, and PhD from University College London. She completed her pediatric training at Seattle Children’s Hospital and her preventive medicine training at the University of Washington.
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Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM Bio
Dr. Mora Pinzon is a physician-scientist, board-certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She earned her medical degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela – Escuela Jose Maria Vargas, and a master’s degree in clinical research from Rush University in Chicago, IL. In 2017, she completed her Preventive Medicine Residency at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW-Madison). Currently, Dr. Mora Pinzon is an assistant professor on the tenure track at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Her research focuses on improving healthcare access for patients with dementias and their caregivers, particularly within Latino communities. She leads multiple research projects in implementation science, health equity, and health services research, including adapting and implementing Pisando Fuerte, the Spanish-language version of the evidence-based fall prevention program titled “Stepping On”. She led the cultural and linguistic adaptation of the program, developed training materials for bilingual facilitators, and evaluated its implementation in community settings. Her work has demonstrated the importance of tailoring health promotion interventions to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking older adults and has contributed to national dissemination efforts. Through this work, she has advanced the field of implementation science by integrating community feedback, fidelity monitoring, and design-for-dissemination principles to ensure program sustainability and impact.
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