From Local Action to Global Policy: A Comparative Policy Content Analysis of National Policies to Address Musculoskeletal Health to Inform Global Policy Development.

Carmen Huckel Schneider Sarika Parambath James Justin Young Swatee Jain Helen Slater Saurab Sharma Deborah Kopansky-Giles Lyn M March Andrew M Briggs

Published in: International journal of health policy and management (2023)

There are few examples of national strategic policy to address MSK health; however, many countries are moving towards this by documenting the burden of disease and developing policies for MSK services. This review found a breadth of principles that can add to this existing work and may be adopted to develop comprehensive system-wide MSK health approaches at national and global levels.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
mental health
quality improvement
primary care
health information
risk assessment
health promotion
health insurance
climate change
affordable care act