NEW PARTNERSHIP WILL PUT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT THE HEART OF PAEDIATRIC CARE

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Public Health Scotland, sportscotland and the Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK (FSEM) have launched a new partnership to help children and young people with health conditions lead more active lives.

 

The new initiative supports a series of paediatric modules within the Faculty’s existing online resource – Moving Medicine – designed to help healthcare professionals integrate physical activity conversations into routine clinical care, which is underpinned by behavioural change frameworks.

 

The Moving Medicine resource, which is also backed by the Royal College for Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Scottish Government, looks at condition specific benefits from physical activity, as well as the broader benefits to mental wellbeing, quality of life and self-esteem.

 

It has been developed in consultation with leading paediatric experts in cancer, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, mental health, obesity and asthma.

More information can be found here