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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
health professions
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
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, Volume 30, No. 4, Year 2014
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Description
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 CaféTM 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. © 2014 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dean, Elizabeth
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
De Andrade, Armele Dornelas
Brazil, Recife
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
O'Donoghue, Grainne
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Skinner, Margot
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Umereh, Gloria
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Beenen, Paul
Portugal, Lisbon
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Cleaver, Shaun
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Afzalzada, Delafroze
Afghanistan, Kabul
Afghan Association for Physical Therapy Association
Fran Delaune, Mary
United States, Washington, D.c.
The George Washington University
Footer, Cheryl Burditt
United States, Denver
Rueckert-hartman College for Health Professions
Gannotti, Mary
United States, West Hartford
University of Hartford
Gappmaier, Eduard
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Figl-Hertlein, Astrid
Austria, Sankt Polten
University of Applied Sciences
Henderson, Bobbie
United States, North Chicago
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Hudson, Megan K.
Canada, Calgary
Rockyview Hospital
Spiteri, Karl
Unknown Affiliation
King, Judy
Canada, Ottawa
University of Ottawa
Klug, Jerry L.
United States, Jacksonville
Alabama Physical Rehabilitation Service
Laakso, E. Liisa
Australia, Southport
Menzies Health Institute Queensland
Lapier, Tanya
United States, Cheney
Eastern Washington University
Lomi, Constantina
Greece, Marousi
Metropolitan College
Maart, Soraya
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Matereke, Noel
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Physiotherapy Association
Meyer, Erna Rosenlund
Denmark, Aalborg
Professionshøjskolen Ucn
M'Kumbuzi, Vyvienne R.P.
Rwanda, Butare
University of Rwanda
Mostert, Karien
South Africa, Pretoria
University of Pretoria
Myezwa, Hellen
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Olsén, Monika Fagevik
Sweden, Gothenburg
Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
Peterson, Cathy
United States, Stockton
University of the Pacific, California
Pétursdóttir, Unnur
Iceland
Rehabilitation Center
Robinson, Jan
Canada, Toronto
College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
Sangroula, Kanchan
Nepal, Kathmandu
Nepal Orthopaedic Hospital
Stensdotter, Ann Katrin
Norway, Trondheim
Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet
Yee Tan, Bee
Singapore, Singapore City
Singapore General Hospital
Tschoepe, Barbara A.
United States, Denver
Regis University
Bruno, Selma
Brazil, Natal
Federal University
Mathur, Sunita
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Wong, And Wai Pong
Singapore, Singapore City
Singapore Institute of Technology
Statistics
Citations: 75
Authors: 38
Affiliations: 36
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3109/09593985.2013.856977
ISSN:
09593985
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study