Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies
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Item A modified gap analysis designed to generate research priorities in occupational therapy(Occupational Therapy New Zealand - Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa, 2019-07) Maclean, Fiona; Kantartzis, Sarah; McCormack, Brendan; Pentland, DuncanWhere a limited body of evidence exists the traditional mechanisms of a literature or systematic review, which are often used to establish research gaps and priorities, can be problematic. This is especially the case in occupational therapy where evidence to guide future research directions can be sparse. A gap analysis of existing literature is one way to inform future research planning. This paper aims to describe a modified version of gap analysis specifically designed to identify research priorities in occupational therapy. This is illustrated using a small, disparate body of pre-existing, published work that explored practitioner knowledge of drinking alcohol in later life.Item The Dr Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture 2019: Shifting our focus. Fostering the potential of occupation and occupational therapy in a complex world(SAGE, 2019-07-26) Kantartzis, SarahChallenges to health promoting occupation are experienced by many people in the UK today. It is suggested that the way we currently think about and so organise our practice may make it difficult to address some of these occupational needs. An alternative lens is proposed, drawing on the work of P. Cilliers and his discussions of the implications of thinking in terms of complex systems. Taking on an ‘attitude of complexity’ allows us to reconsider our work within the systems we are part of and encourages us not only to acknowledge but also to embrace the richness and diversity of our complex world. The discussion will focus on how occupational therapists can become part of, or strengthen their existing part, in change within these systems, developing their contribution as experts in occupation. This lecture is about ‘shifting our focus’, about fostering the potential of occupational therapy and contributing to individual and social transformation through occupation that will support the health of the population.Item Perspectives on occupation-based social inclusion: Collective occupation in the local, social world(Japanese Society for Study of Occupation, 2018) Kantartzis, SarahThe construction of our social worlds through historical, social, cultural, and economic conditions has placed some people in un-just positions; positions which exclude them from full participation in the daily lives of their families and communities. The term social inclusion is used to describe a process that works to transform our societies, to re-construct 'societies for all'. However, this is a complex and multi-layered process, requiring change by all. While policy and economic change is an essential part of this, it is also recognised that change in the locally social world, the public world of the neighbourhood and community, is significant. I suggest that collective occupation, and our research and practice of collective occupation, is an important part of these processes. Following a general introduction to social inclusion, my first aim in this paper is to present the concept of collective occupation and its contribution to the construction and maintenance of the locally social world, including situations of both inclusion and exclusion. Following this I aim to discuss how collective occupation that supports social inclusion may be developed, including examples from Japan and Europe. Integral to this development is understanding of the importance of the public world, and the concepts of recognition and participatory citizenship. Enabling the social of all in our local neighbourhoods and communities through collective occupation can be part of the social transformation required to address the un-just conditions of many people's lives in our societies today.Item Contributing to social transformation through occupation: Experiences from a think tank(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-30) Laliberte Rudman, Deborah; Pollard, Nick; Craig, Claire; Kantartzis, Sarah; Piškur, Barbara; Algado Simó, Salvador; Van Bruggen, Hanneke; Schiller, SandraOccupational therapy is underpinned by the premise that engagement in occupation is fundamental to health and well-being. Through occupations, people are able to orchestrate their lives in ways that enable them not only to survive, but also to experience human flourishing. Through occupation, people can develop and maintain their families, neighbourhoods and communities as sources of belonging, opportunities and common action. Occupation, therefore, is not only important to each individual, but also, through collective occupation, people develop the kind of lives that they live together. Occupation is an essential factor in life quality, the experience of being human and the social transformation of individuals and of the societies of which people are a part. This article describes the formation of an International Think Tank for Occupation based social transformation. It begins with a brief overview of the conditions and context that underpinned the development of the group, and the milestones achieved to date in the establishment of a global network.Item Occupational therapy and complexity: defining and describing practice(Royal College of Occupational Therapists, 2018) Pentland, Duncan; Kantartzis, Sarah; Giatsi Clausen, Maria; Witemyre, KristiIn 2016, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (then the College of Occupational Therapists), the professional body for occupational therapists in the United Kingdom, commissioned a review of the document Occupational therapy defined as a complex intervention developed on their behalf by Jennifer Creek and published in 2003. This document had proved useful in describing occupational therapy within education, practice and research, but with considerable changes occurring in these areas as well as in the wider context over the intervening years, a review was considered necessary. Following a call for proposals, a research team from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, was appointed to carry out this review. While initially a revision to Creek’s 2003 publication was the aim of this work, a new, contemporary view of occupational therapy emerged. This new publication describes the process and outcomes of occupational therapy, and it is hoped that it will provide useful guidance for all working within and in partnership with occupational therapy, both today and for some years to come.Item Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Occupational Therapy(Publicaciones de la Universidad de Deusto., 2008) Berding, J.; Borell, L.; Van Bruggen, H.; Carnduff, A.; Kantartzis, Sarah; Kinebanian, A.; Mathiasson, G.; Ness, N.; Renton, Linda; Rowan, S.; Runge, U.; Saenger, S.; Skouroliakos, M.; Tigchelaar, E.; Todorova, L.; Winkelman, I.Item CONCEPTUALISING OCCUPATION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF DAILY LIFE IN A GREEK TOWN(Leeds Metropolitan University, 2013-08) Kantartzis, SarahOccupation is understood within the discipline of occupational science and the profession of occupational therapy to be a particular kind of activity with links to health. However, there has been little theoretical work exploring the construction of the concept and understandings are largely dependent on the writings of Western academics writing in the English language. Situated in contemporary understandings of cultural relativity, local narratives and issues of power, and my own 30 year experience of living and working in Greece, this ethnographic study was developed to explore the construction of the concept of occupation in Greece. Over a 30 month period I observed and participated in both celebratory and mundane occupation within the context of a small town. I explored the nature of occupation through the shared and largely tacit understandings of what was usual everyday life. The understanding of occupation that was developed was of an ongoing multi-dimensional process. Supported by the transactional theory of John Dewey (1949), occupation as process was an integral part of all elements of the situation (incorporating transacting individual, social, temporal, spatial and climatic elements), and worked to maintain the ongoing balance of the situation. Three plots of occupation in the town were configured - maintaining the self-in-the-world, maintaining the family, and maintaining the social fabric - that tell of what people were working towards, wanting to maintain, considered desirable and valued, as shared narratives underpinning on-going everyday life. The findings support the need for situated research that can explore local understandings of occupation. They challenge the ongoing position evident in much of the literature that views the individual as an active, knowledgeable agent, and support the importance of the developing scholarship incorporating transactional theories in understanding of occupation (Cutchin & Dickie, 2013). They also demonstrate that occupation is the process of people's engagement in the world and that health is not only expressed but also promoted through occupation.Item ELSiTO. A Collaborative European Initiative to Foster Social Inclusion with Persons Experiencing Mental Illness(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2013-01) Ammeraal, M.; Kantartzis, Sarah; Burger, M.; Bogeas, T.; van der Molen, C.; Vercruysse, L.ELSiTO (Empowering Learning for Social Inclusion Through Occupation), an international collaborative partnership, with over 30 members from Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands, aimed to explore the nature and processes of social inclusion for persons experiencing mental illness. Members included persons experiencing mental illness and health professionals. Four international visits and local activities enabled a knowledge creation process that combined the experience of social inclusion as we lived and worked together with exploration of the processes of community projects, narratives of experiences and reflective workshops. Outcomes included identification and description of the following: the nature of social inclusion as lived by the participants; the critical elements that support inclusion; and the competences that are developed by all stakeholders during this process. The complex process of social inclusion is facilitated by doing together in environments that enable equality, trust, risk taking and realignment of power. These conceptual understandings of inclusion are discussed in relation to the ongoing activities of the partners, to their potential contribution to the education of occupational therapists (and other professionals) and to the development of socially inclusive occupation-based projects in the community.Item Understanding the discursive development of occupation: Historico-political perspectives(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-01) Kantartzis, Sarah; Molineux, M.; Hocking, C.; Whiteford, G.Item The occupation of accessing healthcare and processes of (dis)citizenship in UK Somali migrants: Sheffield case study(Informa UK Limited, 2018-03-04) Pollard, Nick; Kantartzis, Sarah; Ismail, Mubarak Musa; Fransen-Jaïbi, Hetty; Viana-Moldes, InesIn the UK free access to healthcare is regarded as a fundamental right accorded to all citizens, but there are significant health inequities experienced by ethnic minority populations. Accessing healthcare is an everyday occupation which can be made complicated by language issues and the design of communication systems. The example of people of Somali origin living in Sheffield is used to explore the occupational dimensions of access to healthcare as part of the participatory process of citizenship. Occupational analysis of healthcare access could contribute to better service provision.
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