A United Effort: Building National Public Health Capacity for the Overdose Response Strategy

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Overdose Prevention Performance Monitoring Indicators and Medicolegal Death Investigation Data Modernization

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Overdose Prevention Performance Monitoring Indicators and Medicolegal Death Investigation Data Modernization
United States of America
To combat the drug overdose epidemic in the United States, timely, comprehensive, and high-quality data are needed to detect emerging drug use trends, ensure a nimble approach, and drive evidence-based prevention and response strategies. This project will 1) build capacity among medicolegal death investigation (MDI) offices to collect and share death data and 2) identify and develop a set of overdose prevention indicators for local and state jurisdictions to track and improve efforts.
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Preventing Older Adult Falls and Fall Injuries

Partner Toolkit 

Share resources for falls and fall injury prevention:

Download the Fall Prevention Partner Toolkit

This toolkit is designed for partner organizations to help promote the Falls Free CheckUp to older adults (65+) and their caregivers. Please use this content and resources within your organization's communications.

Download Social Media Assets

Use these social media graphics and video to share resources on the Falls Free CheckUp on social media platforms. 

 

Resources

Falls Free CheckUp Conference Card
Use the screening tool to learn about your risk for falls. 

MyMobility
Use the planning tool to help you take the necessary steps to keep yourself or your loved ones safe, mobile, and independent tomorrow.

STEADI Older Adult Materials
CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries) initiative for healthcare providers includes educational materials and tools to help them discuss falls with their older patients and their caregivers.

Older Adult Fall Prevention Fact Sheet
This CDC fact sheet summarizes the growing but preventable problem of falls among older adult falls while outlining ways older adults, caregivers, and their health care providers can prevent falls.

Medicines Risk Fact Sheet
Prescription medicines, over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and even some herbal products can cause side effects that can increase your risk of a fall or motor vehicle crash. Use this fact sheet to identify medicines that put you at risk and know questions to ask your doctor.

Older Adult Fall Prevention CDC website
Falls—and the injuries they cause—are increasing. Learn how you can prevent falls at CDC.gov/falls.

Each year more than one in four older adults, age 65 and older, experience a fall, resulting in about 3 million emergency department visits, 950,000 hospitalizations and 32,000 deaths. Many of these falls are preventable. The CDC Foundation, with leveraged technical resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing user-friendly fall prevention resources for older adults and their caregivers. This program is supported by Amgen.

This five-year project will create digital resources to help older adults assess their risk of falls and develop a plan to mitigate that risk by speaking with their healthcare provider and caregiver. It will also include a communications campaign to educate and provide key tools for caregivers to help them talk to their loved ones about their risk for falls and ways to prevent falls and fall-related injuries.

Sign up for news and email updates about this program at CDC.gov/falls.
 


Why Fall Prevention Matters

 

Debra Howry, CDC Injury

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – “Every second of every day an older adult falls in our country. We know that falls are preventable and are not an inevitable part of aging. The resources created through this partnership can help reduce falls, prevent injuries, and save lives.” – Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control


Darryl Sleep, Amgen

Amgen – “The CDC Foundation’s fall prevention initiative shines a spotlight on an important and preventable health risk for older adults. A broken bone resulting from a fall can be a life-altering event. For people with osteoporosis whose bones may be weak and more likely to fracture, it is especially important to take the proper steps to prevent a fall. Supporting this program reinforces our commitment to care that helps to predict and prevent the impact of serious diseases, like broken bones due to osteoporosis, before they happen.” – Darryl Sleep, MD, Senior Vice President of Global Medical and Chief Medical Officer


Dr. Judy Monroe

CDC Foundation – “Falls are responsible for far too many injuries in this country, but they are preventable. We’re pleased to partner with Amgen on this important issue to provide key resources and information to our aging community and those who care for them. With screening, assessing and intervening, we can reduce the risk of falls and improve health.” – Judy Monroe, MD, President and CEO


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United States of America
To prevent and protect older adults from sustaining falls and fall-related injuries by developing and implementing a risk factor prevention program.
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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Firefighter Exposures and Toxicity

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Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Firefighter Exposures and Toxicity
United States of America
To understand and assess firefighters’ exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and its impact.
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Life in Reverse: Making an Impact on the Opioid Epidemic

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Improving Understanding of Drowning in Africa

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Improving Understanding of Drowning in Africa
Uganda
To improve understanding of the types and circumstances of drowning in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to develop, inform and implement drowning prevention programs to mitigate drowning risks and save lives.
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Firefighter Risk Exposure Study Dissemination

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Firefighter Risk Exposure Study Dissemination
United States of America
To analyze banked urine samples from fire service members; interpret results by comparing across studies and to the general population; integrate results from previous collaborative studies; and disseminate important conclusions and recommendations to the U.S. fire service through an online tool kit.

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