Screening for noncommunicable disease risk factors at a workplace in India: A physiotherapy initiative in a healthcare setting

Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for two-thirds of all deaths globally. Physiotherapists have the requisite expertise to initiate and lead NCD risk factor screening and prevention programmes. The workplace can provide an ideal setting for physiotherapists to screen for risk factor...

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Main Authors: Aditi Ravindra Ketkar, MPT, Sundar Kumar Veluswamy, MPTh, PhD, Nivedita Prabhu, MPT, Arun Gundmi Maiya, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2015-06-01
Series:Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013702514000487