The Second Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health: developing an action plan to promote health in daily practice and reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases

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Dean, Elizabeth
de Andrade, Armele Dornelas
O'Donoghue, Grainne
Skinner, Margot
Umereh, Gloria
Beenen, Paul
Cleaver, Shaun
Afzalzada, DelAfroze
Delaune, Mary Fran
Footer, Cheryl
Gannotti, Mary
Gappmaier, Ed
Figl-Hertlein, Astrid
Henderson, Bobbie
Hudson, Megan K
Spiteri, Karl
King, Judy
Klug, Jerry L
Laakso, E-Liisa
LaPier, Tanya
Lomi, Constantina
Maart, Soraya
Matereke, Noel
Meyer, Erna Rosenlund
M'kumbuzi, Vyvienne RP
Mostert-Wentzel, Karien
Myezwa, Hellen
Olsen, Monika Fagevik
Peterson, Cathy
Petursdottir, Unnur
Robinson, Jan
Sangroula, Kanchan
Stensdotter, Ann-Katrin
Tan, Bee Yee
Tschoepe, Barbara A
Bruno, Selma
Mathur, Sunita
Wong, Wai Pong
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Based on indicators that emerged from The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health (2007), the Second Summit (2011) identified themes to inform a global physical therapy action plan to integrate health promotion into practice across the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) regions. Working questions were: (1) how well is health promotion implemented within physical therapy practice; and (2) how might this be improved across five target audiences (i.e. physical therapist practitioners, educators, researchers, professional body representatives, and government liaisons/consultants). In structured facilitated ...
View more >Based on indicators that emerged from The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health (2007), the Second Summit (2011) identified themes to inform a global physical therapy action plan to integrate health promotion into practice across the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) regions. Working questions were: (1) how well is health promotion implemented within physical therapy practice; and (2) how might this be improved across five target audiences (i.e. physical therapist practitioners, educators, researchers, professional body representatives, and government liaisons/consultants). In structured facilitated sessions, Summit representatives (n?=?32) discussed: (1) within WCPT regions, what is working and the challenges; and (2) across WCPT regions, what are potential directions using World Caf锍 methodology. Commonalities outweighed differences with respect to strategies to advance health-focused physical therapy as a clinical competency across regions and within target audiences. Participants agreed that health-focused practice is a professional priority, and a strategic action plan was needed to develop it as a clinical competency. The action plan and recommendations largely paralleled the principles and objectives of the World Health Organization's non-communicable diseases action plan. A third Summit planned for 2015 will provide a mechanism for follow-up to evaluate progress in integrating health-focused physical therapy within the profession.
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View more >Based on indicators that emerged from The First Physical Therapy Summit on Global Health (2007), the Second Summit (2011) identified themes to inform a global physical therapy action plan to integrate health promotion into practice across the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) regions. Working questions were: (1) how well is health promotion implemented within physical therapy practice; and (2) how might this be improved across five target audiences (i.e. physical therapist practitioners, educators, researchers, professional body representatives, and government liaisons/consultants). In structured facilitated sessions, Summit representatives (n?=?32) discussed: (1) within WCPT regions, what is working and the challenges; and (2) across WCPT regions, what are potential directions using World Caf锍 methodology. Commonalities outweighed differences with respect to strategies to advance health-focused physical therapy as a clinical competency across regions and within target audiences. Participants agreed that health-focused practice is a professional priority, and a strategic action plan was needed to develop it as a clinical competency. The action plan and recommendations largely paralleled the principles and objectives of the World Health Organization's non-communicable diseases action plan. A third Summit planned for 2015 will provide a mechanism for follow-up to evaluate progress in integrating health-focused physical therapy within the profession.
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Journal Title
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
Volume
30
Issue
4
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© 2014 Informa Healthcare. This is an electronic version of an article published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Vol. 30(4), 2014, pp. 261-275. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice is available online at: http://informahealthcare.com with the open URL of your article.
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Clinical sciences
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Sports science and exercise
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