Our Guiding Principles  

The purpose of guiding principles is to shape the planning, implementation, and evaluation of our goals and should be considered at each action step.  

Accessibility - Practice making information, activities, and/or environments sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. 

Data-Informed & Evidence-Based Messaging - Promote a comprehensive body of work and increase broad understanding of the issues related to falls prevention. Strive for cohesive falls prevention messaging across constituents, materials, and audiences. 

Equity - Recognize that all individuals do not start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances.  Identify and overcome intentional and unintentional barriers arising from bias or systemic structures as an ongoing process. 

Shared Decision Making - Share the best available evidence when faced with the task of making decisions, and where individuals and/or organizations are supported to consider options, to achieve informed preferences. 

Trauma-Informed – Understand and consider the pervasive nature of trauma and promote environments of healing and recovery rather than practices and services that may inadvertently re-traumatize.