The Association of Physicians for Prevention and Prevention of Disease and Health in Medical and Dental Cooperation Regional Collaboration with the Association for the Promotion of Preventive Medicine and Science Begins

The Association of Physicians for Prevention and Preventive Medicine and Health (hereinafter referred to as "the Association") has been promoting activities through collaboration among physicians and dentists nationwide with the aim of extending healthy life expectancy. Now, with the aim of further developing preventive medicine and contributing to local communities, we have started a regional collaboration with the Association for the Promotion of Preventive Medicine and Science. Through this collaboration, we will promote comprehensive measures for prevention and pre-diseases through "triangle collaboration" among medical, dental, and therapists.

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What is the "Triangle Collaboration" among doctors, dentists, and therapists?

Triangle collaboration is a new medical framework that integrates diagnosis and treatment of diseases by doctors, oral care by dentists, and support of physical functions by therapists to prevent illness and pain in patients. The goal is to reduce the risk of chronic diseases and extend the healthy life expectancy of patients in the community.

[Background of the collaboration

In recent years, the close relationship between overall health and oral health care has become clear, as 52% of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) have periodontal disease. In addition, early physical intervention by therapists is considered important for the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases and musculoskeletal disorders. In order to address these issues, the association has decided to strengthen the collaboration between medical, dental and therapists.

Future Development

The Association plans to implement the following initiatives in collaboration with doctors, dentists, and therapists in each region. 1:

1. standardization of prevention sheets for each region

Visualize disease risks based on patients' subjective symptoms and provide appropriate care. 2.

2. holding training and lecture meetings

Sharing of cases and dissemination of knowledge on preventive medicine by medical, dental, and therapist groups

3. establish and expand a model for community collaboration

Establish a community-based comprehensive medical care system

About the Association for the Promotion of Preventive Medicine and Science

The Association for the Promotion of Preventive Medicine and Science is an organization that operates the National Association of Preventive Medicine and Science Therapists. Its main features are as follows.

(1) 2040: The main objective is to counter the "2040 problem," in which social security functions will become unsustainable

(2) Philosophy

Prevention consists of "preventive medical science," which is both medicine and science.

The spread and promotion of preventive medicine and science will avoid difficulties in maintaining social security in 2040, promote the extension of healthy life expectancy of the population, and reduce the social security burden on the working population.

Preventive medicine and preventive science will become a new "Made in Japan" brand in the field of health care and be included as an inbound strategy.

Therapists who provide care for musculoskeletal disease, which is one of the top reasons for bedridden patients, should be therapists who are close to patients with chronic symptoms.

(3) Gather professionals in preventive science and chronic pain related to people's health and beauty, such as judo therapists, acupuncture and moxibustion therapists, chiropractors, relaxation therapists, physical therapists, estheticians, and personal trainers, who are therapists in the broad sense, and add to their respective treatments the science of chronic pain prevention method(R) to visualize, document, and collect data on the current and future risk of chronic pain in the musculoskeletal system of patients and clients, and to promote health literacy education and encourage regular health checkups among the public.

(4) Conduct seminars for therapists on prevention-related studies based on scientific evidence.

(5) Provide health literacy education using prevention science for locomo, sarcopenia, and dysmenorrhea prevention to companies and various organizations, and conduct CSR activities

(6) Provide guidance to athletes on how to use their joints based on science to improve their performance, and promote an environment where athletes can take care of their musculoskeletal system, mainly joints, which is the main theme of sports disorders, thereby preventing sports disorders and promoting the sports industry.

(7) Inbound strategies using proactive preventive medicine and science

(8) Promotion of cooperation between medical and dental therapists in the community (establishment of a comprehensive mutual referral system)

(9) Understanding and sharing the current status of chronic symptoms and nonspecific diseases among the public, specialists, medical and dental therapists, and others across genres using the Prevention of Undiagnosed Diseases Diagnostic Sheet (R)