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Design and Analysis for Fall Detection System Simplification

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Reducing fall injuries with better data.

David Hemenway¹, Elizabeth W Peterson², Jonathan Howland³

¹Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. hemenway@hsph.harvard.edu.

Injury Epidemiology

|December 22, 2023

Summary

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Improving fall prevention requires better data and product safety information. Establishing a national fall death surveillance system and certifying fall-related products can reduce fatalities.

Area of Science:

Gerontology
Public Health
Injury Prevention

Background:

U.S. fall deaths have nearly tripled in the 21st century.
Existing interventions have not significantly reduced fall deaths at a population level.

Keywords:

Certification Data systems Fall deaths Fall injuries Falls Standards Surveillance systems

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