A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Falls: Falls Free Wisconsin Center
K1: Deep Dive: A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Falls: Falls Free Wisconsin Center
To reduce falls, a collaborative approach must be taken. This session will explore Wisconsin’s innovative Falls Free WI Center- a virtual space where consumers and professionals alike can come to learn more about falls risks and take away tools for prevention that they can implement into their everyday lives.
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the key components of a multi-factorial approach to reducing falls.
- Discuss the challenges and successes in the development of the Falls Free WI Center
- Describe how to engage consumers in reducing their own falls risk."
Michelle Mai (Moderator)
Senior Program Associate
National Council on Aging
Michelle Mai, MPH is the Senior Program Associate with the Center for Healthy Aging. She brings experience conducting outreach increasing public health education within the community. In this role with NCOA, she provides technical assistance to chronic disease self-management education and falls prevention grantees, striving to help them reach their grant goals as they implement evidence based programs into their community. Michelle received her Master’s degree in Public Health and Bachelor’s degree in Community Health from George Mason University.
Jill Renken, MPH, CHES
Director of Program Implementation
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Jill Renken has a bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion & Wellness and Master of Public Health degree. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist. Jill has done health education work in the university, healthcare, and worksite employee wellness setting, with most experience in community wellness programs. She currently works within Wisconsin’s Aging Network and Partner Organizations to oversee statewide implementation of Evidence-Based Healthy Aging Programs. Over the past 15 years, Jill has provided technical assistance and training around evidence-based health promotion programs throughout the state. Currently, as the Director of Program Implementation for the Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging (WIHA), she works to develop and support strategic organizational partnerships that assist in expanding and sustaining the dissemination of evidence-based community health promotion programs to prevent disease, reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations and falls, and improve health and quality of life of older adults in Wisconsin and Nationwide.
Suzanne Morley, CHES
Falls Prevention Program Coordinator
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Suzanne Morley graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point with a degree in Health Promotion/Wellness and a desire to work in community health and prevention. Before joining the WIHA team, she worked in suicide prevention and as a community health specialist with a rural health department. In her free time, she loves to stay active, be outside and spend time with her son and husband.
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