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Queensland Stay On Your Feet® Toolkit

• Queensland Stay On Your Feet® Home
• Toolkit
  • Model diagram
  • Model's explanation
• Background
• Phase 1 - Investigate
  • What is the problem?
  • What are the impacts of the problem?
  • Why does the problem occur?
  • Where does the problem occur?
  • When does the problem occur?
  • What is the current context?
  • What is already happening?
• Phase 1 - Materials
  • Collecting information
  • Fear of falling
  • Risk factors
  • Key documents
  • Community stocktake
• Phase 2 - Plan
  • What can be done?
  • What do we know about the target group?
  • Who can be involved?
  • How do we keep the work going?
  • How will we measure progress?
• Phase 2 - Materials
  • Key stakeholders
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Good working relationships
  • What works?
  • Decision making
  • Goals, objectives, strategies
  • Community planning meetings
  • Reach and marketing
  • Social marketing plan
  • Key messages
  • Community engagement
  • Partnerships
• Phase 3 - Implement
  • Are we testing before we act?
  • What can we achieve now and later?
  • Are there opportunities to explore?
  • How are we monitoring progress?
  • Are we talking with others about our work?
  • Are we measuring our efforts?
• Phase 3 - Materials
  • Communicating
  • Awareness raising
  • Communication plan
  • Community progress meetings
  • Ambassadors
  • Physical activity
  • Sports tours
  • Come and try days
  • Case studies
• Phase 4 - Review
  • Process evaluation
  • Impact evaulation
  • Outcome evaluation
  • Share and celebrate
  • What happens next?
• Phase 4 - Materials
  • Process evaluation tools
  • Impact evaluation tools
  • Outcome evaluation tools
• Acknowledgements

Toolkit Phase 1 - Investigate

To prevent falls and fall related injury in older people, you must first understand the problem by answering the following questions [10]:

• A: What is the problem?
• B: What are the impacts of the problem?
• C: Why does the problem occur - risk factors?
• D: Where does the problem occur?
• E: When does the problem occur?
• F: What is the current context?
• G: What is already happening?

This is referred to as a needs assessment.

As these questions are answered, it will become clear that falls are in most cases predictable and preventable. The assessment will also identify factors that can be addressed to reduce the number and severity of fall related injuries.

The combination of data and community information collected will help to:

• provide a starting point or baseline on which to improve and work from, as well as monitor and evaluate change/progress
• develop an overview of the local issue, which can be used in meetings with key stakeholders and the community
• identify relevant, current services and activities and highlight unmet needs eg. gaps in services (often referred to as a stocktake or mapping)
• develop knowledge to build credibility and respect when engaging key stakeholders and the community
• build awareness among key stakeholders and the community
• identify attitudes of key stakeholders and the community
• develop of project/program priorities, goals and objectives.
  

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