An overview of the role of allied health professionals in the health promotion and disease prevention movement.
This article presents an overview of the current and potential role of allied health professions in the health promotion and disease prevention movement. It provides a brief description of the history and evolution of this movement and highlights some of the steps that have been taken to involve allied health in this area. In addition, it outlines some of the national and regional initiatives that allied health educational institutions and professional organizations have implemented to integrate health promotion and disease prevention into their policies and practices.
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