Missouri has a voluntary group called the Show Me Falls Free Missouri Coalition, organized through the University of Missouri Extension office and comprised of organizations that want to prevent falls in Missouri. Contact preventmofalls@gmail.com for more information about the upcoming meeting and other ways to be involved with the coalition.

Meeting Information:

  • PowerPoint, Resources, and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, January 9th, 2024, at 10 am. This meeting focused on winter weather fall prevention. Images, articles, and videos were shared for public education. Missouri Assistive Technology addressed ways to prevent falls and a medical professional talked about falls in a trauma center.
  • PowerPoint, Resources, and Recording from the meeting on Wednesday, November 8th, 2023, at 10 am. This was a panel discussion with Missouri EMS.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, August 29th, 2023, at 10 am. This meeting provided guidance on how to bring fall prevention awareness to your community.
  • Recording, PowerPoint, and Physical Therapy Resource from the meeting on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. This was a panel of physical therapists in Missouri.
  • Recording and Resources from the meeting on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023. This was a panel of occupational therapists in Missouri.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023. This was a presentation on the connection between falls and traumatic brain injury.
  • PowerPoint and Recording from the meeting on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. The PowerPoint Template and PDFs that were shared during the meeting. This meeting focused on building local falls prevention coalitions.
  • PowerPoint and Resources from the meeting on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022. This meeting focused on resources to share during Falls Prevention Awareness Month.
  • PowerPoint from the meeting on Thursday, July 28th, 2022. This meeting focused on statewide data and falls prevention efforts in Missouri.

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