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

• Autor(a) principal: Dean, Elizabeth
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Andrade, Armele Dornelas de, 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 R.P., Mostert-Wentzel, Karien, Myezwa, Hellen, Olsén, Monika Fagevik, Peterson, Cathy, Pétursdóttir, Unnur, Robinson, Jan, Sangroula, Kanchan, Stensdotter, Ann Katrin, Tan, Bee Yee, Tschoepe, Barbara A., Bruno, Selma, Mathur, Sunita, Wong, Wai Pong
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34260
• topic: Contemporary practice; Epidemiologically informed practice; Health promotion; Health-focused physical therapy; WCPT global summit; World café methodology

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.