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
Dornelas de Andrade, Armele
O’Donoghue, Grainne
Skinner, Margot
Umereh, Gloria
Beenen, Paul
Cleaver, Shaun
Afzalzada, DelAfroze
Delaune, Mary Fran
Footer, Cheryl
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Taylor and Francis
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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 sessions, Summit representatives (n ¼ 32) discussed: (1) within
WCPT regions, what is working and the challenges; and (2) across WCPT regions, what are potential directions using World Cafe´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.
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Contemporary practice, Epidemiologically informed practice, Health-focused physical therapy, Health promotion, WCPT global summit, World Cafe methodology, World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)
Sustainable Development Goals
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Elizabeth Dean PT, PhD, Armele Dornelas de Andrade PT, PhD, Grainne
O’Donoghue PT, PhD, Margot Skinner PT, PhD, Gloria Umereh PT, Paul Beenen PT, Shaun Cleaver PT, DelAfroze Afzalzada PT, Mary Fran Delaune MPT, MPH, Cheryl Footer PT, PhD, Mary Gannotti PT, PhD, Ed Gappmaier PT, PhD, Astrid Figl-Hertlein PT, PhD, Bobbie Henderson PT, PhD, Megan K. Hudson PT, Karl Spiteri PT, Judy King PT, PhD, Jerry L. Klug PT, E-Liisa Laakso PT, PhD, Tanya LaPier PT, PhD, Constantina Lomi PT, Soraya Maart PT, Noel Matereke PT, Erna Rosenlund Meyer PT, Vyvienne R. P. M’kumbuzi PT, Karien Mostert-Wentzel PT, Hellen Myezwa PT, PhD, Monika Fagevik Olsén PT, PhD, Cathy Peterson PT, EdD, Unnur Pétursdóttir PT, Jan Robinson BSc, Kanchan Sangroula PT, Ann-Katrin Stensdotter PT, PhD, Bee Yee Tan PT, Barbara A. Tschoepe PT, PhD, Selma Bruno PT, PhD, Sunita Mathur PT, PhD & Wai Pong Wong PT, PhD (2014) 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 iseases,Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 30:4, 261-275, DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2013.856977.