Falls prevention and mobility promotion

These articles are about falls prevention and mobility promotion. Non-hospitalized adults are included to maximize the number of helpful articles.
Two noteworthy articles

 

Growdon ME, Shorr RI, Inouye SK. The tension between promoting mobility and preventing falls in the hospitalJAMA Intern Med. 2017 Jun 1;177(6):759-760. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0840.

Sinha SK, Detsky AS. Measure, promote, and reward mobility to prevent falls in older patientsJAMA. 2012 Dec 26;308(24):2573-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.68313. No abstract available.

Here’s how to access the full collection of 14 items in PubMed.

a. Go to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library homepage (http://health.library.emory.edu)
b. Click on PubMed.
c. Then paste the following link into your browser:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1HMKnKhQm_d5i/collections/58770766/public/
d. The references will appear in PubMed. Click on a reference and you will see a Find it at Emory on the right side of the page which will provide links to full text within Emory University’s licensed resources. Emory Healthcare staff may send citations of needed articles they are unable to access to Ask a Librarian; a library staff person will request the article(s) from an outside library and email them to the EHC staff person upon arrival.

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Important message for Emory Decatur Nurses. The links will not work for you. To access these articles contact the Emory Decatur Library:

Emory Decatur Hospital
Jessica Callaway (Jessica.callaway@emoryhealthcare.org
404.501.1628

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About Lisa

I have been a Clinical Informationist (aka Medical Librarian) for Emory University since September 2013. Prior to that, I was a Medical Librarian for Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) from March 2007 to August 2013 and served its DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM), Caylor School of Nursing, and allied health programs. From January 2002 - March 2007, I served the Medical Assisting (MA), Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, Radiologic Technologist, and Nursing programs at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. I graduated from The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences with a Master of Science degree in December 2000. Received a Educational Specialist (EdS) degree in Educational Administration and Supervision with a higher education focus in August 2010 from LMU.

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