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Knowledge, attitude and practice about health promotion amangst phystiotherapists in South Africa

N.P. Taukobong, H. Myezwa, S. Pengpid, J.P. Van Geertruyden
South African Journal of Physiotherapy | Vol 70, No 3 | a262 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v70i3.262 | © 2014 N.P. Taukobong, H. Myezwa, S. Pengpid, J.P. Van Geertruyden | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 20 April 2014 | Published: 20 April 2014

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N.P. Taukobong, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
H. Myezwa, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
S. Pengpid, Department of Public Health, University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, Pretoria, South Africa
J.P. Van Geertruyden, International Health, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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Abstract

The increasing prevalence of non-communicable chronic diseases, particularly in middle-income countries like South Africa, call for physiotherapists in the 21st century to adopt a health promotion approach in patient treatment.

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