TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissemination, analysis, and implementation of the world report on disability: The roadmap of the international society for physical and rehabilitation medicine
AU - Gutenbrunner, Christoph
AU - Bethge, Matthias
AU - Stucki, Gerold
AU - Li, Jianan
AU - Lains, Jorge
AU - Olver, John
AU - Frontera, Walter
AU - Von Groote, Per
AU - Giustini, Alessandro
AU - Imamura, Marta
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Abstract: The International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine has recognized the World Report on Disability as a guide for its future activities and endorsed its responsibility to disseminate, to analyze, and to implement the report's recommendations. The activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine on the global stage are embedded in a strategy that includes national and regional associations. This article reports on recent and forthcoming activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine regarding the World Report on Disability and identifies five major challenges that will impact future International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine activities. These challenges relate to (1) education and training, (2) the support of strong role models, (3) disaster management, (4) the development of innovative rehabilitation services, and (5) rehabilitation research.
AB - Abstract: The International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine has recognized the World Report on Disability as a guide for its future activities and endorsed its responsibility to disseminate, to analyze, and to implement the report's recommendations. The activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine on the global stage are embedded in a strategy that includes national and regional associations. This article reports on recent and forthcoming activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine regarding the World Report on Disability and identifies five major challenges that will impact future International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine activities. These challenges relate to (1) education and training, (2) the support of strong role models, (3) disaster management, (4) the development of innovative rehabilitation services, and (5) rehabilitation research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891814900&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000026
DO - 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000026
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 24356086
AN - SCOPUS:84891814900
SN - 0894-9115
VL - 93
SP - S68-S72
JO - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 1 SUPPL.1
ER -
