title: Keeping australians healthy: the challenge to physiotherapy practice posed by the concept of the new public health.
abstract: This Keynote Address considers issues around 'The Healthy Australian', the theme of the 1988 APA National Conference. The concept of the New Public Health requires physiotherapists to review the role they traditionally have held in health care delivery, and to address some key issues in order to meet the needs of their patients and clients more effectively. These issues include developing the most appropriate client/professional relationship, and considering the main elements in education for health and in supporting clients achieve effective coping skills. This paper also addresses some practicalities in legitimizing physiotherapists' involvement in disease prevention and health promotion, and in working with clients in ways that allow a balance of responsibility to be shared appropriately by both parties.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ritchie