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IMPLEMENTING YOur FALL PrEvENTION PrOGrAM






                Continuous quality                                  Selected implementation

                improvement (CQI)                                   web resources

                CQI is an ongoing process that includes:             Stepping On
                    • Planning: Setting measurable                    www.wihealthyaging.org/stepping-on
                   performance objectives                             www.wihealthyaging.org/promoting-
                   and mechanisms to monitor program                  your-workshop
                   delivery and program goals.
                                                                     Tai Chi: Moving for Better Balance
                    • Monitoring: Obtaining ongoing partner           public.health.oregon.gov/PreventionWellness/
                   and participant input and collecting               SafeLiving/FallPrevention/Pages/TaiChi.aspx
                   program data to inform decision-making.
                                                                      www.eugenetaichi.com/schools-instructors/
                    • Evaluating: Analyzing what is or is not
                   working and problem solving.                       holistic-healing-institute

                    • Revising: Making changes as needed to          Assuring Program Quality. An online interactive
                   improve overall performance and enhance            training module by NCOA in collaboration
                   participant satisfaction.                          with the Administration on Aging (AoA) and
                                                                      the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
                                                                      www.ncoa.org

                                                                     Evidence-Based Health Promotion/Self-
                                                                      Management Supports: Moving to Integrated
                                                                      Community Health Care Systems, an issue
                                                                      brief by the AoA/NCOA Expert Panel
                                                                      www.ncoa.org
                                                                     Moving Ahead: Strategies and Tools to Plan,
                                                                      Conduct and Maintain Effective Community-
                                                                      Based Physical Activity Programs for Older
                                                                      Adults. Implementation strategies from the
                                                                      Healthy Aging Research Network: www.ncoa.
                                                                      org/improve-health/center-for-healthy-aging/
                                                                      content-library/PRC-HAN_conference_
                                                                      monograph.pdf


















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