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
Authors:
- Armele Dornelas de AndradeAAArmele Dornelas de Andrade
- Grainne O’dOnoghueGOGrainne O’dOnoghue
- Margot SkinnerMSMargot Skinner
- Gloria UmerehGUGloria Umereh
- Paul BeenenPBPaul Beenen
- Shaun CleaverSCShaun Cleaver
- DelAfroze AfzalzadaDADelAfroze Afzalzada
- Mary Fran DelauneMDMary Fran Delaune
- Cheryl FooterCFCheryl Footer
- Mary GannottiMGMary Gannotti
- Ed GappmaierEGEd Gappmaier
- 19 November 2013
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Vol. 30 (4) , 261-275
Abstract
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 Café(TM) 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.Keywords
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