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Gender and the risk of falling: a sociological approach<\/jats:bold> <\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Aim.\u2002<\/jats:bold> This paper reports a grounded theory study of the influence of gender on older people's perceptions of their risk of falling and their actions to prevent future falls.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Background.\u2002<\/jats:bold> The incidence and rates of falls among older people, including injurious falls, are of much international concern. The risk of falling remains a major concern for older people since it increases with age, with those aged 85\u2003years and over at greatest risk. However, research using a sociological approach to the topic is limited.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods.\u2002<\/jats:bold> An exploratory design, with grounded theory analysis, was used. Data were collected during 2001 through in\u2010depth interviews with a convenience sample of 40 older people living in south east of England.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Findings.\u2002<\/jats:bold> Two core categories emerged: gendered meanings of risk and gendered responsibility. The social construction of the meaning of the risk of falling and of participants\u2019 actions was gendered. Older men and women had specific ways of talking about their \u2018risk\u2019 and identifying the risk factors for falling. Older men perceived themselves as \u2018responsible\u2019 and \u2018rational\u2019 individuals who expected to reduce their own risk of falling. Older women's expectations of themselves and of their peers explained their tendency to blame themselves or others for their falls. These perceptions influenced the actions they took to prevent future falls.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion.\u2002<\/jats:bold> Nurses and other healthcare professionals need to take account of the gendered meanings attached to falling by older men and women when carrying out risk assessments and giving advice on fall prevention.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.2006.04061.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,11,10]],"date-time":"2006-11-10T15:27:45Z","timestamp":1163172465000},"page":"69-76","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Gender and the risk of falling: a sociological approach"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Khim","family":"Horton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2006,11,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13698570120079903"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_3_1","first-page":"127","volume-title":"Risk, Health and Welfare","author":"Alaszewski H.","year":"1998"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_4_1","volume-title":"A review of Research on falls among Elderly People","author":"Askham J.","year":"1990"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_5_1","volume-title":"Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity","author":"Beck U.","year":"1992"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0277-9536(90)90256-R"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781452243757.n13"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/096382899297189"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_9_1","volume-title":"Masculinities","author":"Connell R.W.","year":"1995"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.325.7356.128"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/her\/8.4.505"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_12_1","volume-title":"National Service Framework for Older People","author":"Department of Health","year":"2001"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4324\/9780203361832"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_14_1","volume-title":"International Review of Interventions in Falls among Older People","author":"Easterbrook L.","year":"2001"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_15_1","volume-title":"Modernity and Self\u2010Identity","author":"Giddens A.","year":"1991"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_16_1","volume-title":"The Cochrane Library","author":"Gillespie L.D.","year":"2001"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4135\/9781452243474.n6"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-9566.1997.tb00413.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_8_19_1","volume-title":"Qualitative methods for Health Research","author":"Green J.","year":"2004"},{"issue":"4","key":"e_1_2_8_20_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"A glossary on falls. 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