ECU faculty guest edit issue of occupational therapy journal

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Dr. Jane Painter, professor, and Dr. Sharon Elliott, adjunct faculty, were guest editors and coordinators of the Special Issue on Occupational Therapy Opportunities in Fall Prevention in the March-April American Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Other College of Allied Health Sciences faculty and graduate students who assisted include:  Dr. Leonard Trujillo, associate professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy; Dr. Leslie Allison, assistant professor, Department of Physical Therapy; and Dr. Andrada Ivanescu, assistant professor, Department of Biostatistics.

Past graduate occupational therapy students who assisted in data collection for the Fear of Falling article include Puneet Dhingra, MS, OTR/L, Justin Daughtery, MS, OTR/L, and Kira Cogdill, MS, OTR/L.

Published in the issue were:

Peterson, E. W., Finlayson, M., Elliott, S. J., Painter, J. A., & Clemson L. (2012).  Unprecedented Opportunities in Fall Prevention for Occupational Therapy Practitioners.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 127-130.

Schepens, S., Sen, A., Painter, J. A., & Murphy, S. L. (2012). Relationship between fall-related efficacy and activity engagement in community-dwelling older adults: A meta-analytic review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 137–148.

Leland, N. E., Elliott, S. J., O’Malley, L., & Murphy, S. L. (2012). Occupational therapy in fall prevention: Current evidence and future directions. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 149–160.

Elliott, S. J., Ivanescu, A., Leland, N. E., Fogo, J., Painter, J. A., & Trujillo, L. G. (2012). Feasibility of interdisciplinary community-based fall risk screening. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 161–168.

Painter, J. A., Allison, L., Dhingra, P., Daughtery, J., Cogdill, K., & Trujillo, L. G. (2012). Fear of falling and its relationship with anxiety, depression, and activity engagement among community-dwelling older adults. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66, 169–176.