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Understanding and preventing falls / edited by Roger Haslam, David Stubbs.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2006Description: xii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415256364
  • 9780415256360
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.6 22
LOC classification:
  • RC952.5 .U535 2006
Contents:
1. Introduction / Roger Haslam and David Stubbs -- 2. Walking on the level : footwear and the walking surface / Raoul Gronqvist -- 3. Steps and stairs / Mike Roys -- 4. Role of vision in falls / Peter Howarth -- 5. Ageing and falls / Stephen Lord, Catherine Sherrington and Hylton Menz -- 6. Epidemiological approaches to investigating causes of occupational falls / Tim Bentley and Roger Haslam -- 7. Investigation of individual fall incidents / Paul Lebane and David Stubbs -- 8. The assessment and prevention of pedestrian slip accidents / Steve Thorpe, Paul Lemon and Stephen Taylor -- 9. Occupational falls outdoors : understanding and preventing falls in the New Zealand logging industry / Tim Bentley, Richard Parker and Liz Ashby -- 10. Falls during entry/egress from vehicles / Fadi Fathallah -- 11. Behaviour and the safety of older people on stairs / Roger Haslam, Denise Hill, Joanne Sloane, Peter Howarth and Katherine Brooke Wavell -- 12. Preventing falls / Roger Haslam and David Stubbs.
Review: "Readable and authoritative, Understanding and Preventing Falls provides a guide to the nature and extent of the problem of falls. Drawing on the latest research, the authors outline the combination of environmental factors that commonly lead to falls and explore how to prevent them. The case is made for a multifaceted approach to falls prevention, taking account of the complex interplay that exists between individuals and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 613.6 UND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A397833B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 613.6 UND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A406143B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Roger Haslam and David Stubbs -- 2. Walking on the level : footwear and the walking surface / Raoul Gronqvist -- 3. Steps and stairs / Mike Roys -- 4. Role of vision in falls / Peter Howarth -- 5. Ageing and falls / Stephen Lord, Catherine Sherrington and Hylton Menz -- 6. Epidemiological approaches to investigating causes of occupational falls / Tim Bentley and Roger Haslam -- 7. Investigation of individual fall incidents / Paul Lebane and David Stubbs -- 8. The assessment and prevention of pedestrian slip accidents / Steve Thorpe, Paul Lemon and Stephen Taylor -- 9. Occupational falls outdoors : understanding and preventing falls in the New Zealand logging industry / Tim Bentley, Richard Parker and Liz Ashby -- 10. Falls during entry/egress from vehicles / Fadi Fathallah -- 11. Behaviour and the safety of older people on stairs / Roger Haslam, Denise Hill, Joanne Sloane, Peter Howarth and Katherine Brooke Wavell -- 12. Preventing falls / Roger Haslam and David Stubbs.

"Readable and authoritative, Understanding and Preventing Falls provides a guide to the nature and extent of the problem of falls. Drawing on the latest research, the authors outline the combination of environmental factors that commonly lead to falls and explore how to prevent them. The case is made for a multifaceted approach to falls prevention, taking account of the complex interplay that exists between individuals and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.

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