Health Care – STRATEGY 5

Include physical activity education in the training of all health care professionals.

TACTICS

• Add physical activity education to accreditation criteria.
• Add physical activity education to licensing exams.
• Include physical activity in continuing education professional development programs, using the recommendations of the most current Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
• Train more facilitators and instructors from minority and underserved populations in physical activity promotion to enhance effectiveness with underserved groups.
• Offer provider incentives to attend continuing education on effective population physical activity promotion approaches.

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