Dean, ElizabethAndrade, Armele Dornelas deO'Donoghue, GrainneSkinner, MargotUmereh, GloriaBeenen, PaulCleaver, ShaunAfzalzada, DelafrozeDelaune, Mary FranFooter, CherylGannotti, MaryGappmaier, EdFigl-Hertlein, AstridHenderson, BobbieHudson, Megan K.Spiteri, KarlKing, JudyKlug, Jerry L.Laakso, E. LiisaLapier, TanyaLomi, ConstantinaMaart, SorayaMatereke, NoelMeyer, Erna RosenlundM'Kumbuzi, Vyvienne R.P.Mostert-Wentzel, KarienMyezwa, HellenOlsén, Monika FagevikPeterson, CathyPétursdóttir, UnnurRobinson, JanSangroula, KanchanStensdotter, Ann KatrinTan, Bee YeeTschoepe, Barbara A.Bruno, SelmaMathur, SunitaWong, Wai Pong2021-07-232021-07-232014-050959-3985http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34260Based 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.engContemporary practiceEpidemiologically informed practiceHealth promotionHealth-focused physical therapyWCPT global summitWorld café methodologyThe second physical therapy summit on global health: developing an action plan to promote health in daily practice and reduce the burden of non-communicable diseasesjournal article10.3109/09593985.2013.8569778489875755324252072000334490800007