Dear all
City University’s Centre for AHP Research has been awarded a major grant by
the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme to examine the nature
and extent of allied health professionals’ involvement in health promotion
across the UK.
The aim of the research is to assist planners and providers in developing
services, improving health and reducing health inequalities. This is an
important project and should help raise the profile of the AHPs, which are
currently an under-researched group in comparison with medicine and nursing.
The main component of this 18-month project is a systematic literature
review. An expert panel will then identify priorities for developing AHPs’
role in health promotion. Summaries of the project are available at
http://www.sdo.lshtm.ac.uk/sdo2052007.html.
The systematic review will include the published journal literature on
health promoting activities by physiotherapists, however we recognise that
much relevant material will probably be missed by restricting our search to
such sources.
We are therefore very keen to receive information on any of the following:
• Published or unpublished material, for example in books, newsletters,
reports or policy documents, describing or evaluating health promotion
activity by physiotherapists, or which might provide useful background
material for the review.
• Examples of current or recent health promotion practice, trials or
initiatives with which physiotherapists have been involved.
• Specific individuals, groups or organisations whom we might approach for
further information.
Health promotion is a difficult concept to define, however we view it as
strategies, such as health education, advice, advocacy, empowerment and
community development, that enable individuals and communities to increase
control over and improve their health. Health promoting interventions thus
cover a wide spectrum, from providing health and lifestyle advice to
individual patients (primary OR secondary prevention), to involvement in
mass media campaigns and advising policymakers.
Many thanks in advance for your help. Any information you can provide will
be enormously helpful to our research (and please feel free to forward this
message to any interested colleagues who may not have received it). If you
have any questions or would like to find out more about this project, please
don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
Justin
Dr Justin Needle
Lecturer in Health Services Research & Policy
Centre for Allied Health Professions Research
City University
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