Implementing Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance in real-world settings: Success and challenges

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2014-01-11
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1.IntroductionThearticlebyFinkandHouston1inthisspecialissueofJournalofSportandHealthScienceprovidesanexcellentexampleofimplementinganevidence-basedfallpreventionprograminrealcommunitieswithperseculturesofelderlypopulations.Althoughpreliminary,theprojectrevealedanumberofinterconnectedbarriersandfacilitatorsthatshedlightonpracticalimplications("lessonslearned")forpolicymakersandprogramprovidersregardingimplementationofanyevidence-basedintervention.WhileapplaudingFinkandHouston'seffort,inthiscommentaryweshareourexperienceswithTaiJiQuan:MovingforBetterBalance(TJQMBB)2inthestateofMaryland,withadiscussionofourownsetoflessonslearnedintermsofsuccessesandchallenges.