Health determinants and podiatry.
Public health and podiatry have a natural union both through historical development and a shared interest in prevention. Podiatry is considered in terms of health determinants such as income, social support, education and environment. The author considers that podiatry has a constructive role to play in the improvement of health and well-being in terms of the previously unrecognised relationship of the profession to the determinants of health and population health promotion.
Brodie
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BS
Podiatry Programme, Public Health Services, Regina Health District, Saskatchewan S4P 0W5, Canada. bbrodie@reginahealth.sk.ca
D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011032:Podiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011634:Public Health; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D014944:World Health Organization