| Resumo: | <p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify the actions taken by the family health teams on prevention of falls in the elderly, as well the use of the Handbook of Health of the Elderly as a tool for identification of falls in the elderly.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Descriptive study with a quantitative approach developed in the city of Fortaleza, with professionals from the Family Health Teams of the Regional Executive Office VI. Data collection was conducted from June to November 2011. Data was collected through a questionnaire and the sample consisted of 16 doctors and 42 nurses.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> 43.75% of doctors and 26.9% of nurses said they had received some form of action aimed at preventing falls in the elderly. Regarding risk factors for falls: 100% of doctors refer to meet them and cite at least one risk factor, however 7.69% of nurses are still unaware of these factors, even when working daily with vulnerable groups. Among doctors, 12.5% recognized the existence of book of health of the elderly as a means of identifying older people who fall more frequently and 15.38% of the nurses recognized the existence of the instrument, but only 11.53% knew that that this tool was the book of the elderly.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The professional must question the occurrence and frequency of falls recorded in the Handbook of Health of the Elderly, hence the importance of knowing and using these tools, since the information contained in there are sufficient to identify the risk.</p>
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