1180: Building Stronger Community Connections for Healthy Aging

As America's population ages, preventing falls is becoming one of public health's most urgent challenges. In this episode, Amy Ciarlo, senior analyst for Chronic Disease Risk Factors at ASTHO, talks about why fall prevention requires more than clinical care alone. She discusses how the CDC's STEADI framework helps healthcare providers identify and reduce fall risk, why tai chi and evidence-based community programs A Matter of Balance are essential partners in prevention, and how stronger connections between healthcare systems and community organizations can create lasting improvements. Ciarlo also shares lessons from Iowa and Oklahoma, where sustainable partnerships, referral networks, and coordinated planning are helping older adults stay healthy, independent, and safe.Prioritizing Community-Clinical Linkages to Prevent Falls in Older Adults | ASTHOVoices From the Field: Public Health Success Stories | ASTHOLeveraging Partnerships to Shape Funding and Policy Across Public Health Issues | ASTHO