As part of the celebrations for the Order’s Day, the Portuguese Order of Physiotherapists, in collaboration with Lidel, is organising the launch of the book «Physical Health and Public Health — A Perspective on Portugal».
The session will take place on 29 September, at 6.30 pm, at FNAC Chiado, in Lisbon.
The book aims to bring public health – often perceived as a theoretical field that is difficult to apply in practice – closer to everyday reality, making it more accessible and understandable.
Taking an integrative approach that fosters dialogue between physiotherapists and public health professionals, this publication offers a conceptual and practical reflection on the challenges and needs relating to physical health in Portugal. Each chapter begins with a specific scenario and explores the relevant topic through the contributions of public health professionals and physiotherapists.
Presented as a white paper, the publication addresses the determinants of physical health, the burden of disease and morbidity, physical activity and health promotion, universal coverage and equity in access to care, physical health policies and health literacy.
At the launch of the publication, the President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists« Association, António Lopes, emphasised that »this work, which focuses on the public health perspective, represents a significant contribution towards repositioning and raising the profile of physiotherapy and physiotherapists within healthcare settings’.
This book marks the launch of a new series that the Portuguese Physiotherapists’ Association intends to develop, in partnership with Lidel, through the publication of further works devoted to physiotherapy and topics relevant to health. The initiative aims to strengthen the Order’s role in the production and dissemination of knowledge, contributing to professional reflection and debate within the health sector.
The project was co-ordinated by Ana Casaca, Bernardo Pinto, Daniela Costa, Duarte Pereira, João Pinto and Pedro Maciel Barbosa. The foreword was written by Constantino Sakellarides, Emeritus Professor at the National School of Public Health, NOVA University Lisbon.
This publication is aimed at physiotherapists, students and other professionals and those with an interest in the field.
The panellists and the full programme for the session will be announced shortly.