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The aim of the toolkit is to provide easy access to current evidence-based information about falls prevention and healthy active ageing strategies for health professionals and community organisations to use in their workplace, organisation and the community.
The Toolkit is based on a four phase Community Good Practice Model for investigating, planning, implementing and reviewing falls prevention strategies.
Who is the Toolkit for?
The Toolkit is for anyone who works with older people, including individuals, organisations, health professionals and government departments. A CD version of the Toolkit is also available for people who work with older people in the community, but have limited or no access to the Internet (contact us for more information).
Who can be involved?
Many community members can and are involved in healthy active ageing and falls prevention. These people, often referred to as key stakeholders, include:
All community members have an important role to play in promoting healthy active ageing and reducing falls.
How was the Toolkit developed?
The Queensland Stay On Your Feet® Community Good Practice Toolkit is based on current falls prevention evidence and captures the key elements from the recent Queensland Stay on Your Feet Wide Bay/Burnett trial project and similar projects conducted in New South Wales and Western Australia. For further information on these projects, visit:
The Toolkit and this website have been developed as an objective of the Queensland Falls Injury Prevention Collaborative (FIPC) Education and Resource Working Group and represent a joint initiative of the Health Promotion Unit and the Patient Safety Centre. The toolkit was developed in consultation with:
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