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From the President and Secretary General
September saw the launch of the World Health Professions Alliance
Health Improvement Card, as part of its campaign to tackle the burden
of
non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The campaign and card are targeted at
national associations, governments and health professionals with the
aim
of not only changing policy, but providing practical guidance that
helps
individuals lead healthier lives. The card has been warmly received
because it goes beyond talk about change, and provides something
tangible by which people can achieve it.
The launch coincided with another very successful World Physical
Therapy Day. Both the NCD campaign and World PT Day are successfully
drawing attention to the vital role of physical activity in disease
prevention and management. Using tools provided by WCPT and the WHPA,
physical therapists are making a real contribution to changing global
attitudes and health behaviour.
Kind regards,
MARILYN MOFFAT AND BRENDA J MYERS
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World Physical Therapy Day
We have now received many reports of events that took place to
celebrate World Physical Therapy Day 2011. If you organised an activity
dont forget to tell us about it and send us your photographs to
info@wcpt.org [4].
Reports will be added to the WCPT website over the next few weeks.
New on WCPT website
WCPT has a new keynote paper on direct access. It is available to
download as a PDF at www.wcpt.org/node/27527#direct_access [5].
The policy area of the website has been revised with all policies now
listed A-Z. These new versions incorporate the edits made at WCPTs
General Meeting and can be viewed at www.wcpt.org/policy-list [6]. The
new guidelines approved at the GM will also be available very soon and
include:
* clinical education
* CPD
* education accreditation/recognition
* faculty qualifications
* legislation/regulation/recognition
* records management.
Practical NCD guide launched
The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) has launched a Health
Improvement Card [7] as a simple, easy-to-use, universal educational
tool for adults to assess and record their status related to common NCD
risk factors. It empowers individuals and their health professional to
take a proactive approach in preventing non-communicable diseases
(NCDs)
and associated disability.
It is currently available to download in English and Spanish versions
at www.whpa.org/ncd_campaign_health_improvement_card.htm [8]. A French
version is in production and other language versions may become
available.
The Health Improvement Card examines:
* lifestyle/behavioural (four main risk factors: healthy diet,
physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol use)
* metabolic/biometric (four important body measures: BMI, fasting
blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure)
* action plan and goals targeting risk factors
Further details about the WHPA NCD campaign may be found at
www.whpa.org/ncd_campaign.htm [9].
WCPT became a member of the WHPA in May 2010. The Alliance brings
together the global organisations representing the world's dentists,
nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and physicians. For further
information about the WHPA go to www.whpa.org/whpa.htm [10].
NCDs by country
What is the impact of NCDs in your country? Two reports have just been
produced looking at NCDs by country and their economic repercussions.
WHO: _Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2011_. Available to
download as a PDF at
www.who.int/nmh/publications/ncd_profiles_report.pdf [11].
The World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health: _The
Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases_. Go to
http://tinyurl.com/3bdgz55 [12].
Training courses in wheelchair provision
Motivation [13] is a disability and development organisation that has
been working in the area of wheelchair provision since 1991, providing
needs-based training in countries around the globe. The organisation is
active in international policy making and has contributed to the World
Health Organizations _Guidelines on the provision of Manual Wheelchairs
in less resourced settings_.
Its trainers have years of clinical and technical expertise in the
delivery of courses overseas, and in Motivation's 20th anniversary year
the organisation is launching its UK-based training programmes. For
these and its world-wide courses go to
www.motivation.org.uk/what-we-do/training-courses/ [14].
Disability
WHO: read the September issue of the World Health Organizations
Disability and Rehabilitation newsletter at
www.who.int/disabilities/en/
[15]. It looks at the recently published World Report on Disability and
the WHO task force on disability.
UNITED NATIONS: the most recent Enable newsletter reviews the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Disability and focuses on women
and girls with disabilities as well as disability, natural disasters
and
emergency situations. Go to www.un.org/disabilities/ [16].
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World Physical Therapy Day [18]
New on WCPT website [19]
Practical NCD guide launched [20]
NCDs by country [21]
Training courses in wheelchair provision [22]
Disability [23]
CONGRESS
16th International
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