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PROJECT NAME: Implementing A Fall Prevention Program in Lee County, SC
Implementing the Original Evidence-Based Matter of Balance Program
TIMELINE: 2006-2007
FUNDING SOURCE: CDC/Division of Chronic Disease Directors
PRINCIPAL
INVESTIGATOR:
Cora Plass, DHEC Healthy Aging Division
CO-INVESTIGATORS: Harriet Williams, Terri Whirrett, Gerhild Ullmann
PROJECT OVERVIEW/
ABSTRACT:
• A one-year study funded by the CDC Chronic Disease Directors Division

• Major goal is to implement an evidenced based program on fear of falling in a rural county in South Carolina

• Key components include training Master Trainers, training local personnel, implementing and evaluation of outcomes of each of six community-based programs

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