Publications

At a glance

The following list of journal articles, MMWR articles, and other recent publications (2000 - present) provide information and data analysis about older adult falls and prevention methods.

Featured publication

A study recently published in ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's MMWR, Nonfatal and Fatal Falls Among Adults Aged ≥65—United States, 2020–2021, found about 14 million (28%) older adults reported falling during the past year (2020) and nearly 39,000 older adults died due to unintentional falls (2021).

Journal articles

2024

  • Babu K, Haddad Y, Causey S, Vargas-Torres C, Martinez P, et al. (2024). . Clinical Toxicology, 1–8. DOI: .
  • Haddad YK, Miller GF, Kakara R, Florence C, Bergen G, Burns, E.R., Atherly, A. . Injury Prevention. July 2024;30:272–276. DOI: .
  • Vincenzo JL, Bergen G, Casey CM, Eckstrom E. Gerontologist. 2024 Apr 26:gnae035. DOI: .
  • Shakya I, Beck L, Cordier L, Dugan S, Underwood Y, Bergen G. . Journal of Safety Research (JSR). April 2024, ISSN 0022-4375. DOI: .
  • Rein DB, Hackney ME, Haddad YK, Sublett FA, Moreland B, Imhof L, Peterson C, Legha JK, Mark J, Vaughan CP, Johnson II TM, Bergen G, Emory STEADI Implementation team. . JMIR Research Protocols. 2024 Mar 26;13:e54395. DOI: .

2023

  • Yuan K, Haddad Y, Law R, Shakya I, Haileyesus T, Navon L, Zhang L, Liu Y, Bergen G. . Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2023 Dec;82(6):666-677. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.013.
  • Kakara, R. S., Lee, R., & Eckstrom, E. N. . Public Health Reports. 2024 Jan–Feb;139(1):54–58. DOI: 10.1177/00333549231155869.
  • Ortmann N, Haddad Y, Beck L. . Journal of Safety Research. July 2023;86:401–408. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2023.06.011.
  • Kakara R, Bergen G, Burns E. . Journal of Applied Gerontology. 2023 July;42(7):1662–1671. DOI: 10.1177/07334648231154881.

2022

  • Moreland B, Shakya I, Idaikkadar N. . Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. May/June 2023;29(3):297–305. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001609.
  • Moreland B, Legha J, Thomas K, Burns E. . Journal of Aging and Health. 2023 June;35(5–6)345–355. DOI: 10.1177/08982643221132450.
  • Johnston YA, Reome-Nedlik C, Parker EM, Bergen G, Wentworth L, Bauer M. . Gerontologist. 2023 March 21;63(3):511–522. DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnac111.
  • Burns E, Lee R, Hodge S, Pineau V, Welch B, Zhu M. . Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2022 July–August;101:104713. DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2022.104713.
  • Moreland B, Burns E, Haddad Y. . Journal of Safety Research. July 2022;82:367–370. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2022.07.002.
  • Henry A, Haddad Y, Bergen G. . American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. May 2022;18(1):108–117. DOI: 10.1177/15598276221100431.
  • Haddad Y, Kakara R, Marcum Z. . Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2022 May;70(5):1450–1460. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17686.

2021

  • Moreland, BL., Burns, ER., & Haddad, YK. (2021). . Injury Prevention. 27(S1), i75–i78. DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043516.
  • Kakara, R. S., Moreland, B. L., Haddad, Y. K., Shakya, I., & Bergen, G. (2021). . Journal of Safety Research. 79, 38–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2021.08.002.
  • Haddad, Y.K., Luo, F., Bergen, G., Legha, J.K., Atherly, A. . Journal of Safety Research. 2021;76:332–340. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2020.11.008.
  • Rogers S., Haddad Y.K., Legha J.K, Stannard D., Auerbach A., Eckstrom E. . Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 2021.
  • Ramakrishna K, Moreland B, Haddad Y, Shakya I, Bergen G. . Journal of Safety Research, August 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2021.08.002

2020

  • Shakya I, Bergen G, Haddad YK, Kakara R, Moreland B. Journal of Safety Research, September 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2020.06.001
  • Moreland B, Kakara R, Haddad Y, Shakya I, Bergen G. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), August 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827620942187
  • Haddad Y, Shakya I, Moreland B, Kakara R, Bergen G. Journal of Aging and Health (AJH), June 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264320932045
  • Mark J, Haddad Y, Burns E, Journal of Nurse Practitioners (JNP), May 2020.

2019

  • Bergen G, Stevens M, Kakara, R, Burns, ER, American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM), October 2019.
  • Haddad YK, Luo F, Karani MV, Marcum ZA, Lee R, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (2019), DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2019.05.001
  • Hartholt KA, Lee R, Burns ER, van Beeck EF. . Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2019;321(21):2131-2133. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.4185.

2018

  • Haddad YK, Karani MV, Bergen G, Marcum ZA. Willingness to Change Medications Linked to Increased Fall Risk: A Comparison between Age Groups. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), December 2018,
  • Johnston YA, Bergen G, Bauer M, Parker EM, Wentworth L, McFadden M, Reome C, Garnett M. Implementation of the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries Initiative (STEADI) in Primary Care: An Outcome Evaluation. Gerontologist (GERONT), 2018.
  • Stevens JA, Lee R. The Potential to Reduce Falls and Avert Costs by Clinically Managing Fall Risk. The American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM). Am J Prev Med 2018;55(3):290-297.
  • Haddad YK, Bergen G, Luo F. The American Journal of Nursing (AJN). July 2018; 118(7):21-22. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000541429.36218.2d
  • Haddad YK, Bergen G, Florence CS. The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP), May 2018, DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000816
  • Florence CS, Bergen G, Atherly A, Burns ER, Stevens JA, Drake C. Medical Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2018 March,

2017

  • Eckstrom E, Parker EM, Lambert GH, Winkler G, Dowler D, Casey CM. Innovation in Aging, 2017 December 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx028
  • Sarmiento, K., & Lee, R., (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2017.08.003
  • Lee R. . Am Fam Physician. 2017 Aug 15;96(4):220-221.
  • Stevens JA, Smith ML, Parker EM, Jiang L, Floyd FD. . American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2017 July 5; DOI: 10.1177/1559827617716085.
  • Schlotthauer AE, Mahoney JE, Christiansen AL, Gobel VL, Layde P, Lecey V, Mack KA, Shea T, Clemson L. . Frontiers in Public Health. 2017 Jun 12. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00128.
  • Nishijima DK, Gaona SD, Waechter T, Maloney R, Bair T, Blitz A, Elms A, Farrales RD, Howard C, Montoya J, Bell JM, Faul M, Vinson DR, Garzon H, Holmes JF, Ballard DW. . Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2017 Feb 24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.12.018.
  • Haarbauer-Krupa J, Taylor CA, Yue JK, Winkler EA, Pirracchio R, Cooper SR, Burke JF, Stein MB, Manley GT. . J Neurotrauma. 2017 Jan 1;34(1):50-58. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.4158.

2016

  • Burns ER, Stevens JA, Lee R. , Journal of Safety Research. 2016.
  • Casey CM, Parker EM, Winkler G, Liu X, Lambert GH, Eckstrom, E. . The Gerontologist. 2016. DOI:10.1093/geront/gnw074.
  • Faul M, Xu L, Sasser S. . Prehospital Emergency Care. DOI:10.3109/10903127.2016.1149651.

2015

  • Carande-Kulis V, Stevens JA, Florence CS, Beattie BL, Arias I. . J Safety Res. 2015 Feb;52:65-70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2014.12.007.
  • DeGrauw X, Annest JL, Stevens JA, Xu L, Coronado V. . J Safety Res. 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.jsr.2015.11.002.
  • Houry D, Florence C, Baldwin G, Stevens J, McClure R. . American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2015. DOI:1559827615600137.
  • Kaniewski M, Stevens JA, Parker EM, Lee R. . Front Public Health. 2015 Apr 27;2:119. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00119.
  • Ory MG, Smith ML, Jiang L, Lee R, Chen S, Wilson AD, Stevens JA, Parker EM. . Front Public Health. 2015 Apr 27;2:232. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00232.
  • Phelan EA, Mahoney JE, Voit JC, Stevens JA. . Med Clin North Am. 2015 Mar;99(2):281-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2014.11.004.
  • Smith ML, Stevens JA, Ehrenreich H, Wilson AD, Schuster RJ, Cherry CO, Ory MG. . Front Public Health. 2015 Apr 27;3:17. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00017.

2014

  • Sleet DA, Baldwin GT. (Commentary). J Sport Health Sci 2014; 3: 32-33. 10.1016/j.jshs.2013.11.001.
  • Stevens JA, Mahoney JE, Ehrenreich H. . Injury Epidemiology 2014; 1: 1-5. DOI: 10.1186/2197-1714-1-5.
  • Stevens JA, Rudd RA. . J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Mar;62(3):470-5. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12702.
  • Stevens JA, Rudd RA. . Osteoporos Int. 2014 Jun;25(6):1817. DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2584-2.
  • Stevens JA, Voukelatos A, Ehrenreich H. Preventing falls with Tai Ji Quan: a public health perspective. Journal of Sport and Health Science. 2014; 3: 21-26.

2013

  • Li F, Harmer P, Fitzgerald K, Stevens JA, Gladieux M, Chou Li-S, Carp K, Voit J. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2013 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12509.
  • Stevens JA. IHS Primary Care Provider. 2013;38(9):1–5.
  • Stevens JA, Phelan EA. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Sep;14(5):706-14. DOI: 10.1177/1524839912463576.
  • Stevens JA, Rudd RA. Osteoporosis International. 2013;24(10):2725–2728. DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2375-9.

2012

  • Stevens JA, Ballesteros MF, Mack KA, Rudd RA, DeCaro E, Adler G. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Jul;43(1):59-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.03.008.

2011

  • Hartholt KA, Stevens JA, Polinder S, van der Cammen TJ, Patka P. J Trauma. 2011 Jul;71(1):255-8. DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821c36e7.
  • Noonan RK, Sleet DA, Stevens JA. J Safety Res. 2011 Dec;42(6):427-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.12.002.
  • Rubenstein LZ, Vivrette R, Harker JO, Stevens JA, Kramer BJ. J Safety Res. 2011 Dec;42(6):493-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.08.006.
  • Stevens JA, Haas EN, Haileyesus T. JAMA. 2011;306(3):258-260.

2010

  • Blalock SJ, Demby KB, McCulloch KL, Stevens JA. Injury Prevention. 2010;16:235-239.
  • Fox PJ, Vazquez L, Tonner C, Stevens JA, Fineman N, Ross LK. Health Educ Behav. 2010 Dec;37(6):831-48. DOI: 10.1177/1090198110366003.
  • Stevens JA, Baldwin GT, Ballesteros MF, Noonan RK, Sleet DA. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine. 2010;26:767-779.
  • Stevens JA, Noonan RK, Rubenstein LZ. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2010;4(1):16-20.
  • Stevens JA, Rudd RA. Age Ageing. 2010 Jul;39(4):500-3. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq044.
  • Stevens JA, Teh SL, Haileyesus, T. Journal of Safety Research. 2010; 41(1):69-73.

2009

  • Boyd R, Stevens JA. Age Ageing. 2009 Jul;38(4):423-8. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp053.

2008

  • Stevens JA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Feb;56(2):373-4. DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01490.x.
  • Stevens JA, Mack KA, Paulozzi LJ, Ballesteros MF. J Safety Res. 2008;39(3):345-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.05.002.
  • Thomas KE, Stevens JA, Sarmiento K, Wald MM. J Safety Res. 2008;39(3):269-72. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.05.001.
  • Thurman DJ, Stevens JA, Rao JK; Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2008 Feb 5;70(6):473-9. DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000299085.18976.20.

2007

  • Stevens JA, Ryan G, Kresnow M. . MMWR reprinted in JAMA. 2007;297:32–33.
  • Stevens JA, Thomas KE, Sogolow ED. Accid Anal Prev. 2007 Nov;39(6):1239-44.

2006

  • Dellinger AM, Stevens JA. J Safety Res. 2006;37(5):519-22.
  • Paulozzi LJ, Ballesteros MF, Stevens JA. J Safety Res. 2006;37(3):277-83.
  • Stevens JA, Corso PS, Finkelstein EA, Miller TR. Inj Prev. 2006 Oct;12(5):290-5.

2005

  • Finkelstein EA, Chen H, Miller TR, Corso PS, Stevens JA. Med Care. 2005 Nov;43(11):1087-91.
  • Stevens JA. J Safety Res. 2005;36(4):409-11.
  • Stevens JA, Corso PS, Finkelstein EA, Miller TR. Economic analysis of fall-related injuries among older adults. Injury Prevention. 2005;11: 274–276.
  • Stevens JA, Sogolow ED. Inj Prev. 2005 Apr;11(2):115-9.

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