USPSTF offers 3 recommendations for preventing falls in older adults

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USPSTF offers 3 recommendations for preventing falls in older adults

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

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US Preventive Services Task Force. Final recommendation statement: Falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults: interventions. Available at: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions1. Accessed May 8, 2018.

US Preventive Services Task Force. Interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults. US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2018;319:1696-1704.

Guirguis-Blake JM, Michael YL, Perdue LA, et al. Interventions to prevent falls in older adults. Updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2018;319:1705-1716.

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this audiocast.

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The Journal of Family Practice - 67(6)

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MDedge Family Medicine

The Journal of Family Practice

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

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Geriatrics

Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this audiocast.

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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this audiocast.