Remote Delivery: How Moving Online Is Impacts the Reach of Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Programs

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This session presents a summary of the most impactful services that allow seniors to age in place successfully and with dignity. Currently funders are trending toward favoring lower-touch services that provide economy of scale and slick marketing but do not provide the same excellent outcomes for older adults. This session will dig into the data behind helping people thrive and the importance of advocating and public education for these life-saving services.

Kelly Chadwick

HPRC Practicum Student, Older Adult Health Promotion

University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center

Kelly Chadwick is currently a master's student studying public health at the University of Washington. While completing her degree she is working at the University?s Health Promotion Research Center on a project evaluating the impacts of evidence-based programs? pivot to remote delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to discovering her passion for public health, Kelly received a B.A. in Psychology from Whitman College.

Marlana Kohn, MPH (she/her)

Research Scientist

UW Health Promotion Research Center

Marlana Kohn, MPH, is a research scientist at the UW Health Promotion Research Center. Her current research includes older adult physical activity, workplace health promotion, and age-appropriate cancer screening in the context of program implementation and dissemination. She works extensively with community partners to expand reach of evidence-based programming through research and adaptation.

Lesley Steinman MSW, MPH (she/her)

Research Scientist

University of Washington School of Public Health

Lesley Steinman, MSW, MPH is a Research Scientist at the Health Promotion Research Center, a CDC-funded Prevention Research Center at the University of Washington School of Public Health, and a Director at the Evidence Based Leadership Collaborative. Ms. Steinman partners with community-designed and delivered evidence-based program (EBP) participants, practitioners, and policymakers to understand, adapt, deliver, and sustain EBP delivery with diverse settings and populations across the country to improve older adult health equity.