Stay on Your Feet Safety Walks Group

Powell, Judith; Wilkins, David; Leiper, Janelle; Gillam, Chris

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(99)00065-2

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“…Fall prevention in public places has concentrated on the responsibilities of local governments to establish policies and priorities for repairs and environmental hazard correction, with older adults' involvement confined to input on hazard identification (Gallagher & Scott, 1997;Powell, Wilkins, Leiper, & Gillam, 2000). This approach fails to address the role of older adults in increasing their awareness of potential risk-taking behaviors and gaining control over behavioral safety strategies that could reduce their potential for falls.…”

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Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Clemson¹,

Manor²,

Fitzgerald³

2003

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health

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Activity recall, in-depth interviews, and reenactment of the fall were used to elucidate the behavior patterns, actions, and habits that contribute to older adults falling in public places. The aim was to improve older adults' capacity to understand behavioral risks associated with falls and develop safe adaptive strategies so they can play an active role in minimizing falls and maintaining meaningful activity. Ten major themes were identified: not attending to the route ahead, lack of familiarity, pace, mobility behaviors, environmental influences, eyesight behaviors, health factors affecting physical abilities, lack of confidence, overexertion, and unnoticed environmental hazards. The findings add to knowledge about the extent and nature of behavioral factors that contribute to falls in public places and provide guidelines for some specific areas of focus for falls prevention. A recommendation is that fall prevention interventions with older adults employ strategies that actively engage them in critical reflective thinking.

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Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Clemson¹,

Manor²,

Fitzgerald³

2003

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health

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“…Finally, the “Safety Walks” method was mentioned by Focus Group 1 for carrying out the assessment of climate risks. Safety Walks are a risk management technique designed to deal with public hazards, by means of a standard checklist to enhance the safety of pedestrian areas and businesses ( Gnoni et al, 2013 ; Powell et al, 2000 ; Webb, 2009 ). Safety Walks are a well-known method to guarantee safety in many social and economic sectors, for example: in air transport, to check aircrafts before take-off ( High et al, 2005 ); in the health sector, to monitor patient wellbeing ( Ayuso-Murillo et al, 2017 ; Behm et al, 2014 ; Shaw et al, 2006 ); on construction sites, to minimize on-site risks ( Chan et al, 2010 ; Choi et al, 2011 ; Choi et al, 2012 ; Dennerlein et al, 2009 ; Langfield-Smith, 2008 ; McDonald et al, 2009 ; Oswald et al, 2018 ; Oswald and Lingard, 2019 ; Rowlinson and Jia, 2015 ; Winge et al, 2019 ; Zou et al, 2017 ); in port operations, as preventive maintenance activities ( Gerbec and Kontic, 2017 ); in industrial activities ( Tappura et al, 2017 ); in the farming sector, to control possible risks on the farm ( Holte and Follo, 2018 ); at schools, to enhance proactive safety behaviour ( Kurki et al, 2019 ); as well as other business activities ( Zwetsloot et al, 2017 ).…”

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Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

Palermo

Hernández

2020

Ecological Economics

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The frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are increasing all around the world, due to climate change. Climate adaptation strategies are therefore needed, since mitigation strategies alone are not sufficient to avoid serious impacts of climate change. However, adaptation to climate change is not straightforward, as it is highly influenced by diverse and conflicting interests as well as epistemological (or scientific) uncertainties. Therefore, a minimum requirement for its success is the active participation of stakeholders and citizens in the adaptation policy cycle. This paper presents a case study on a participatory process involving civil servants from different municipalities in Malaysia, in Southeast Asia, with a view to considering the optimal level of engagement that is required for climate adaptation planning. The exercise consisted of a Focus Group session, where participants were asked to discuss the level of stakeholder and citizen participation that should be adopted within the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative. Contrary to authors' expectations, the participants tended to suggest medium to high levels of participation in the planning process. During the dialogues, a walking activity through the city, aimed at identifying hotspots of climate risks and defined as “safety walks”, was one of the ideas proposed as a high-potential participatory method, spreading in the adaptation framework. Safety walks could complement climate modelling and enhance the robustness of climate risk assessments.

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“…Feet with heightened medial longitudinal arches are associated with functional problems and damage to the musculoskeletal system (Cowan et al, 1994). Additionally, high-heel shoes cause the body weight to be loaded mostly on the front part of the feet during gait (Blanchette et al, 2011), and heel height greatly affects the mobility and stability of the feet that to support natural gait and the maintenance of appropriate balance, shoes should have large areas that contact the ground, they should have low heels, and they should be constructed of materials that are soft and flexible (Powell et al, 2000). High-heel shoes may adversely affect gait and balance functions, such as increasing plantar flexion and changing body arrangements, and such effects prominently appear in the ankle joints (Snow et al, 1992, Lee et al, 2009.…”

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Comparison the Muscle Activation in the Trunk and Lower Limbs of Subjects Wearing High-Heeled or Flat Shoes While Crossing Over Obstacles of Different Heights^*

Park¹,

Han

2017

KSPM

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| Abstract |1 )PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare muscle activation of the trunk and lower limbs of subjects wearing high-heeled or flat shoes while crossing over obstacles of different heights. METHODS:Twenty subjects participated in this study.While wearing high-heeled shoes (7 cm) or flat shoes (0 cm), the subjects were asked to cross over obstacles of different heights (10%, 20%, and 30% of their lower-limb length).Muscle activation of the trunk and lower limbs with the supported side while crossing over obstacles of different heights was measured using the electromyogram (Noraxon, DTS, Germany). Two-way repeated ANOVA was used to compare the muscle activation between high-heel shoes and flat shoes while crossing over obstacles of different heights.All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 21, * This paper is abridgment of thesis for a master's degree of Jin-Seong Park (2015). † Corresponding Author : jthan2001@ks.ac.kr This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. and p-values less than .05 were used to identify significant differences. RESULTS:As an obstacle's height increased, muscle activation of the trunk and lower limbs with the supported side was increased while wearing either type of shoe, and it was generally higher while wearing high-heeled shoes. However, tibialis anterior muscle activity while wearing high-heeled shoes was lower than while wearing flat shoes.CONCLUSION: This study showed that muscle activation of the trunk and lower limbs was higher when subjects wore high-heeled shoes than when they wore flat shoes while crossing over obstacles of different heights. Therefore, high-heeled shoes can easily cause high muscle fatigue of the trunk and lower limbs, and the TA muscle may weaken in persons who wear high-heeled shoes.

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Stay on Your Feet Safety Walks Group

Cited by 5 publications

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Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

Comparison the Muscle Activation in the Trunk and Lower Limbs of Subjects Wearing High-Heeled or Flat Shoes While Crossing Over Obstacles of Different Heights^*

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Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Behavioral Factors Contributing to Older Adults Falling in Public Places

Group discussions on how to implement a participatory process in climate adaptation planning: a case study in Malaysia

Comparison the Muscle Activation in the Trunk and Lower Limbs of Subjects Wearing High-Heeled or Flat Shoes While Crossing Over Obstacles of Different Heights*

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Comparison the Muscle Activation in the Trunk and Lower Limbs of Subjects Wearing High-Heeled or Flat Shoes While Crossing Over Obstacles of Different Heights^*