The research protocol presented in this document, Safe-Falls Safe-Schools (SFSS), stems from the research line known as Adapted Utility Judo (JUA), which was introduced in 2015 at the 6th International Congress on Physical Activity and Sports for Seniors (Málaga, Spain). It marked the first time a proactive intervention proposal for addressing falls, specifically among the elderly population, based on ukemis or judo falls, was presented to the scientific community. Encouraged by promising results obtained in various research studies, work continued along this line, presenting new findings at the 3rd European Science of Judo Research Symposium & 2nd Scientific and Professional Conference on Judo: "Applicable Research in Judo," held in Porec, Croatia in 2016. These results received the 2nd prize for research at the conference.

As a result of this pioneering work in the proactive management of falls among special populations, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the European Judo Union (EJU), the Andalusian Judo and Associated Sports Federation (FANJYDA), and the University of Seville (US). The final document proposed providing institutional support and developing a specific program for children to complement the previous one (JUA). This challenge was embraced by all three institutions, leading to the design and development of the Safe-Falls Safe-Schools program. In this context, the comprehensive potential of judo as a social tool for improving the health and quality of life of children and the elderly is considered.

In order to address the demands of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the area of unintentional fall prevention, these programs were designed and implemented under the auspices of two research contracts. One in 2015 focused on Adapted Utility Judo, with its primary aim being the teaching of falls to the elderly, and a second contract in 2016, Safe Fall-Safe Schools, focusing on teaching falls to the school population. Both programs have scientific and methodological content approved and endorsed by the Biomedical Research Ethics Portal of Andalusia.

As a result of the development and implementation of these programs to date, their projects have been presented at over 50 global and international conferences, including noteworthy events such as Safe Kids Worldwide: PrevCon 2023 in Washington and the 11th European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: EU-Safety 2023 held in Iceland. Regarding program dissemination in specialized journals, 15 scientific articles have been published in prestigious journals with high impact factors. Additionally, 11 book chapters have been published, and four doctoral theses and more than 15 Master's and undergraduate final projects have been defended. All of the above has also been supported by radio spots, digital and print media coverage, and television programs.

The results of several of these studies were presented to the World Health Organization in Copenhagen in January 2018 during a meeting with the director of the WHO's Injury Prevention programs. The internationalization of the program began with seminars in Brighton (United Kingdom, 2016) and Milan (Italy, 2018). These efforts were complemented by the 1st International Training and Research Seminar Safe Fall-Safe Schools© (Spain, 2018) and the 1st International Training and Research Seminar Safe Fall-Safe Schools, Judo Ukemi at School (United Kingdom, 2023).

This research protocol has been developed as part of the research project (PRJ202304755) executed by researchers from the University of Seville (Spain), University of Osuna (Spain), University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain), University of Barcelona (Spain), University of Milan (Italy), University of Split (Croatia), and the University of Pécs (Hungary). It represents an international study aiming to analyze the motor response of students to unintentional falls before and after the implementation of the proactive Safe-Fall Safe-Schools program for teaching the skill of falling.