Australian Physical Activity Referral and Its Implications for the Sharing Mechanism of General Practice and Sports Co-treatment in China

Abstract

As the acceleration of urbanization and population aging in China, the prevalence of various chronic diseases among residents is increasing, the prevention and control of various chronic diseases in the medical care and public health fields are becoming more and more severe. As one of the important treatment modalities, physical activity referral schemes (PARS) have achieved remarkable results in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases abroad, among which PARS in Australia has become a model for "treatment + co-treatment". This study overviews the formation and development of PARS in Australia comprehensively, summarizes and analyzes its implementation experience. It is recommended to build a sharing and interaction mechanism of general practice and sports co-treatment in China in the context of the current development situation of medical care and sports rehabilitation in China from the following aspects: building a referral structure with general practice as the core, promoting the synergistic governance of general practice and sports co-treatment; improving the personnel training system of general practice and exercise physiology, accelerating the training of medical exercise and health coaches; promoting the innovation of the service system, accelerating the construction of scientific process of general practice and sports co-treatment; exerting the advantages of the Internet vigorously to build a data and information platform of general practice and sports co-treatment.

Keywords

• physical activity referral schemes|general practice|sports co-treatment|sharing mechanism|australia