Challenging the status quo: Infusing non-Western ideas into occupational therapy education and practice

WJ Mahoney, AF Kiraly-Alvarez - The Open Journal of …, 2019 - scholarworks.wmich.edu
The authors of this Topics in Education article, who are both occupational therapy educators,
reflect on challenging concepts related to decolonizing occupational therapy education, an …

Decolonial turn of collective occupations in post-apartheid South Africa: Young people's voices of occupational legacy

TG Mthembu, WG Julius, K Havenga, IT Mwadira… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - ajol.info
Background: Collective occupations are a vital part of the postapartheid South African
context because they enable parents and grandparents to pass on their legacies to the …

Applying a decolonization paradigm to planning theory for inclusion and equity

D Buttner, V Nel, TN Mphambukeli - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2025 - frontiersin.org
The Global North has dominated the planning theories for decades to resolve planning
problems globally. These Northern theories were not feasible for most problems in the …

The role and scope of occupational therapy in Africa

J Jansen-van Vuuren, HM Aldersey… - Disability and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Occupational therapy (OT) is a global health profession that promotes participation
in meaningful occupations to enhance well-being, particularly for persons with disabilities …

Epistemic Journeying across Abyssal Lines of Thinking: Towards Reclaiming Southern Voices

R Mudaly, S Sanjigadu - Education as Change, 2022 - scielo.org.za
Cognitive injustice, which nourishes and sustains current political, social and economic
injustice, has been at the centre of the knowledge production enterprise since the colonisers …

Vocational rehabilitation for mental health service users with chronic mental illness in low-income to upper-middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol

M Chimara, L van Niekerk, HM van Biljon - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Work is integral to the occupations of human beings and accounts for up to a
third of time spent in an average adult life. Occupational therapists play a role in vocational …

Confronting Systemic Racism in Occupational Therapy: A Mixed Methods Study

R Murphy, K Park, C Billock… - The Open Journal …, 2024 - scholarworks.wmich.edu
This study aimed to examine how occupational therapists and students perceive systemic
racism in occupational therapy practice and the effectiveness and impact of the delivery of a …

International Service Learning: How do Occupational Therapy Programs in the US apply Social Justice Principles to International Travel Experiences for OT Students?

V Cotic Costello, J Everhart, L Allison-Jones… - 2023 - wagner.radford.edu
Social justice in healthcare is a calling and a mandate that ensures the on-going
progression towards the collectively valued and ethical outcome of health equity. OT …

The occupation of the occupational therapy practitioner: channelling cultural humility through reflection and reflexive practices

M Perryman-Fox, D Cox, K Morris, V Stoffel - 2022 - insight.cumbria.ac.uk
The meaning and value of occupations are often pondered as a critical tool of our
profession, although, we rarely identify with the 'occupation'of being an occupational therapy …

Caring activities

S Parkinson - Discovery Through Activity, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Discovery through activity; ideas and resources for applying recovery through activity in
practice Page 1 Caring activities 184 Copyright material from Sue Parkinson (2022), Discovery …