More information about B’FRIEND:

Data and Maps:

• View the data and maps about falls-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations among older adults in Baltimore City.  

Webinars:

• September 2019 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and CDC. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).  View the recording here.
• July 2019 - CDC’s Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services. View the recording here.
• May 2019 - “Chapter 24: Practical Lessons Learned from Baltimore’s B’FRIEND Initiative” in Practical Playbook II: Building Multisector Partnerships That Work; Edited by J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci, Don W. Bradley, Edward L. Hunter, Craig W. Thomas, Catherine Patterson, and Elizabeth Corcoran; Oxford University Press; 2019; ISBN: 9780190936013. Available at:
• December 2017 - All In: Data for Community Health. Webinar information and slides are publicly available here. 

Publications: 

• May 2019 - “Chapter 24: Practical Lessons Learned from Baltimore’s B’FRIEND Initiative” in Practical Playbook II: Building Multisector Partnerships That Work; Edited by J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci, Don W. Bradley, Edward L. Hunter, Craig W. Thomas, Catherine Patterson, and Elizabeth Corcoran; Oxford University Press; 2019; ISBN: 9780190936013. 

Regulation:

Access the City regulation regarding B'FRIEND data sharing.

Funding:

B’FRIEND was initially supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Data Across Sectors for Health.

Learn more about falls prevention:

• National Council on Aging falls prevention information
• Administration for Community Living falls prevention grant information
• Center for Disease Control falls prevention guides