The topic of this Interdivisional Review is Health Promotion. In this edition of the IDR, we use the term Health Promotion in its purest sense, to mean keeping Canadians well and free from harm or disease.

Twenty years ago ministries of health were solely responsible for executing provincial and territorial health policy. Today Alberta Health and Wellness, the Manitoba Department of Healthy Living, the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, the New Brunswick Department of Health and Wellness, and the B.C. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport are examples of how we have shifted our focus to include the broad concept of societal wellness. We understand that treatment of disease and injury alone has only a narrow impact on overall population health.

1. LEADERSHIP
Health Promotion in a Community-Based Practice
The physiotherapy profession is continually evolving over time in order to better meet the needs of the people that we serve.
2.NEUROSCIENCES
Stroke and Aboriginal Health in Northwestern Ontario: Physiotherapist-Supported Initiatives across the Stroke Care Continuum
The World Health Organization defines health as “the ability to identify and to realize aspirations
3. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Skeletal fluorosis in rural India: a short report
Fluorosis is characterized by osteosclerosis, osteomalacia, osteoporosis and exostosis formations 4. ANIMAL REHAB
Man's Best Friend Promotes Health and Prevents Disease Throughout the Lifespan
Throughout life there are numerous ways man can benefit from dogs. 5. ONCOLOGY
Can Physiotherapists Prevent Cancer?
Due to the increasing incidence and prevalence of cancer in Canada...
6. PAIN SCIENCES
A re-imagining of the physiotherapy clinical encounter for acute injuries: focusing on prevention of chronicity
The traditional vision of the physiotherapy encounter for acute musculoskeletal injuries has focused...
7. SENIORS' HEALTH
Promoting the Uptake and Maintenance of Physical Activity in Older Adults
Physiological changes associated with the normal aging process produce a decrease in function even in the absence of disease.
8. CARDIORESPIRATORY
Lessons from Cardiac Rehabilitation – Using Physical Activity and Exercise for Health
Health promotion is “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health”.
9. ORTHOPAEDICS
Evidence-Informed Resistance Training Prescription: It's Role in Health Promotion & Injury Prevention
Exercise prescription is one of the supporting pillars of physiotherapy practice. As such, it is essential that clinicians be up...
10. WOMEN'S HEALTH
The Role of the Physiotherapist in Preventing Postpartum Complications
Pregnant and postpartum women may experience new musculoskeletal problems or exacerbations of previous conditions.
11. SPORT
Concussion in sport: Minimizing the risk to modify the "impact"
Individuals of all ages frequently participate in recreational activities and sport. Decreased risk of all cause mortality and chronic diseases...
12. PAEDIATRICS
Health Promotion Through Injury Prevention: The Perspective of a Paediatric and Adolescent Trauma Centre
Unintentional trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents. Trauma, by its nature, is often sudden...