Conceptualizing Community Development: Occupational Therapy Practice at the Intersection of Health Services and Community

Abstract

The conceptual framework helps articulate CD's underlying processes and can be used to understand and guide practice.

Examining an occupational perspective in a rural Canadian age‐friendly consultation process

“…Occupational therapists working at the community level are engaged in a partnership, where the occupational therapist is only one of many partners. Consequently, the occupational therapist's role will shift throughout the project's duration, with the therapist as part of the process rather than leading it (Lauckner et al, 2011;Restall et al, 2003;Trentham et al, 2007). Although the CPPF intends to be flexible enough to apply to diverse practice settings, explicitly identifying that a different type of relationship exists in community development can assist occupational therapists in negotiating these partnerships.…”

“…The CPPF describes the occupational therapist during the assessment stage as using his/her frames of reference to analyse and interpret findings. This was realised with the community development models (Lauckner et al ., ; Scharlach, ) that largely informed this project, and a locality development approach (Scharlach) that yielded active involvement by local institutions via the steering committee. However, offering more complexity to the findings are the age‐friendly community consultation process's intentionally collaborative mechanisms that integrate the community's frame of reference: a steering committee, community profile development, and data collection from older community members.…”

“…Despite encouragement to work at the community level (Townsend & Polatajko, 2007), some occupational therapists struggle to apply community development approaches in practice (Lauckner, Pentland & Paterson, 2007;Restall & Ripat, 2008). These struggles are at least in part because the majority of occupational therapy models focus on individual clients and provide limited practical guidance to community-level engagement through partnerships (Lauckner, Krupa & Paterson, 2011;Leclair, 2010).…”

“…The CPPF describes a formal ending to the practice relationship once occupational goals have been achieved ; when working at the community level, this stage is often marked by a withdrawal of the occupational therapist's prominence as others in the community take on leadership roles and strengthen links with existing community resources (Lauckner et al, 2011). This illustrates occupational therapists' shifting roles when engaging with communities, skilfully moving between leadership and facilitation.…”

Uncertainty and innovation: Understanding the role of cell-based manufacturing facilities in shaping regulatory and commercialization environments

“…Telephone interviews lasted approximately 45–60 min, were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Matrix tables as well as preliminary summaries of each case (GMP facility) were developed for preliminary analysis over the course of data collection (Miles et al, 2014, Lauckner et al, 2012). …”