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