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From 2010 to 2011, older adults who completed HSOA at various senior center sites (n\u2009=\u2009814) and a comparison group of older adults from the same sites who did not complete the program (n\u2009=\u20091019) were recruited and followed monthly. Although participants were not randomly allocated to study conditions, the 2 groups did not differ in fall risk at baseline or attrition. We used a telephone interactive voice response system to ascertain the number of falls that occurred each month.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results. In multivariate models, adjusted fall incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were lower in the HSOA group than in the comparison group for both total (IRR\u2009=\u20090.83; 95% confidence interval [CI]\u2009=\u20090.72, 0.96) and activity-adjusted (IRR\u2009=\u20090.81; 95% CI\u2009=\u20090.70, 0.93) months of follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions. 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