Physiotherapy: Health Promoters, an extension work from the Academy

Abstract

Physiotherapy from the promotion of physical health is one of the axes of the extension work at the university. In this sense, physiotherapists are agents of change from the primary health care approach. This essay aims to make known the work of Physiotherapy, from the promotion of health with individual and collective actions, as well as the identification of the main needs according to the analysis of the health situation. The methodology is a reflective analysis, through the 2016-2021 documentary review of the Department of Physiotherapy, where it is evident that community care and work actions are carried out in the course of professional training, which strengthen the role of extension activity, student preparation and its influence on the development and transformation of society. The main results are health education for lifestyle changes in communities, the reduction of musculoskeletal risks in companies, impact on the environment at the community and university level, as well as support for access to health services from care programs for the Nicaraguan population. Thus,
this has strengthened the links between University State-Society-Business, which are at the service of the people and has generated a visible and imminent social commitment in the different sectors where the profession expands, and, therefore, the University, from its educational, social and cultural action, creates the link between the different social actors to be the main promoter of health from these spaces.