scholarly journals Health professionals’ perceptions about physical activity promotion in diabetes care within primary health care settings in Oman

Heliyon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. e00495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thamra S. Alghafri ◽  
Saud M. Alharthi ◽  
Samiya Al-balushi ◽  
Yahya Al-Farsi ◽  
Zakiya Al-busaidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Diabetes Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

scholarly journals Physical activity promotion in the health care setting in Switzerland

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Care Setting ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Health Care Setting ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Activity Promotion

The role of regular physical activity for population health has been clearly documented. Improvements in population levels of physical activity require long-term implementation of a combination of measures, including the evidence based approaches described in the “seven best investments for physical activity” (www.globalpa.org.uk): whole-of-school programmes, transport, urban planning, integration of physical activity promotion into primary health care systems, public education, community-wide programmes, sport for all. The health care setting has a particular role in this context, particularly in its access to physically inactive individuals. Switzerland has seen a number of successful research projects in this field, but there has been no wide adaptation of these approaches in the medical community. In recent years, a group of institutions including the Swiss College of Primary Care Medicine, the Policlinique Médicale Universitaire in Lausanne, the Ligue Vaudoise contre les Maladies Cardiovasculaires and the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine of the University of Zurich have therefore focussed on the development of a physical activity counselling approach based on international evidence as well as on established tools, but streamlined to the specific demands of primary health care providers in Switzerland. PAPRICA (Physical Activity Promotion in Primary Care, www.paprica.ch) has been the result of these developments, and nearly 300 health professionals, most of them primary care physicians, have been successfully trained so far. PAPRICA is implemented together with the Swiss Society for Sports Medicine and a number of regional partners. The development of a national programme structure is currently under preparation. This will allow Switzerland to explore and better use the potential of physicians and other health professionals in the promotion of physical activity and in the fight against non-communicable diseases.

Physical activity promotion in primary health care and the community

2016 ◽  
pp. 263-284
Author(s):  
Christopher Gidlow ◽  
Diane Crone ◽  
Michelle Huws-Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Activity Promotion

1053 EVALUATING A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT FOR USE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SETTINGS

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S188 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. I. Cohen ◽  
J. F. Sallis ◽  
B. J. Long ◽  
K. J. Calfas ◽  
W. J. Wooten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Physical Activity Assessment ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

A randomized intervention of physical activity promotion and patient self-monitoring in primary health care

2006 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minna Aittasalo ◽  
Seppo Miilunpalo ◽  
Katriina Kukkonen-Harjula ◽  
Matti Pasanen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Randomized Intervention
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