A congruent model for health promotion in occupational therapy

Adherence to Healthy Lifestyles: A Comparison of Occupational Therapy Students with Nursing and Physiotherapy Students

“…Thibeault & He bert [3], exploring the compatibility between health promotion and the foundation of occupational therapy, concluded that the philosophical base of health promotion is conceptually congruent with occupational therapy. In accordance with this, occupational therapists are involved with patient groups (or clients) suffering from a variety of healthrelated problems such as musculoskeletal injuries, typically chronic back pain [7,8], and other work-related injuries [9] as well as with individuals in need of cardiac rehabilitation [10,11].…”

The axiological ontology of occupational therapy: A philosophical analysis

“…The majority of the profession's values statements were compiled from an overview of documents (9,12), researcher opinions (1,11,13,15,16,31), official documents from professional associations (4-7) or leading scholars (8,14). Several authors use existing values statements to substantiate their arguments (2,17,19,(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40), despite the absence of empirical justification. For example, McClain (2) draws on West's statement of values (15); Thibeault and Hébert (17), and Davis (33) refer to Townsend and Polatajko (14); and Evert (34), Jacobs and Jacobs (19), Punwar and Peloquin (38), and Reed and Sanderson (39) defer to the AOTA (4).…”

“…Several authors use existing values statements to substantiate their arguments (2,17,19,(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40), despite the absence of empirical justification. For example, McClain (2) draws on West's statement of values (15); Thibeault and Hébert (17), and Davis (33) refer to Townsend and Polatajko (14); and Evert (34), Jacobs and Jacobs (19), Punwar and Peloquin (38), and Reed and Sanderson (39) defer to the AOTA (4). Moreover, some authors are critical of a particular values statement, generally the AOTA's (41)(42)(43).…”

“…The values of the profession have been discussed at length, and the discourse by no means constitutes a coherent or unified whole (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). As Thibeault and Hébert observe, various values have been put forward by different authors (17). For example, while the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) identifies these values as altruism, equality, freedom, justice, dignity, truth, and prudence (4), the Canadian association considers that the values and beliefs of the profession are related to the occupation, the person, the environment, health, and the client-centred practice (5).…”

Optimal Positioning of Occupational Therapy

“…For example, one definition of chronic disease self-management incorporates role management, emotional management, and medical management (Lorig & Holman, 2003), the first two of which certainly incorporate occupation. Health promotion has community participation as a key tenet, and an occupational therapy perspective of community participation would undoubtedly incorporate occupation within that (Thibeault & Hébert, 1997).…”