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Canadian Society for Occupational Science (CSOS) Occupational Science Symposium Abstracts 2023 Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-03-06
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 31, No. sup1, 2024)
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Perceived stress and occupation-based coping strategies during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Shokoufeh Modanloo, Catherine Larocque, Wendy Gifford, Mary Egan, Liquaa Wazni, Rebecca Robillard
The COVID-19 pandemic caused considerable stress. Occupations may play an important role in decreasing stress; therefore, this study examined stress and occupation-based coping strategies used duri...
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Occupational injustice across species Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Taylor Steelman
COVID-19 and the prospect of a sixth mass extinction, among other crises, have underscored the urgency of recognizing humans' ethical and ecological entanglements with the more-than-human world. In...
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Commentary on: Occupational injustice across species Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Elizabeth Townsend
This invited commentary offers a reflection on Steelman’s proposal that the concept of occupational justice applies equally to non-human animals as to humans. As an author of the concept of occupat...
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Understanding ‘violence’ within protest: A call for further research within occupational therapy and occupational science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Mapheyeledi Motimele, Elelwani Ramugondo, Zethu Matebeni
There is a dearth of research in occupational science towards understanding ‘violence' within the context of protest, including why and how these two phenomena occur in and of each other and why bo...
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Interrogating whiteness: Critical reflections on occupational science scholarship and social responsibility Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Rebecca A. Parkin, Khalilah R. Johnson
This paper interrogates the obscurity of whiteness and white supremacy as a system of thought and white racialization as a social process influencing habits of inquiry in occupational science resea...
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Occupations of users of a Brazilian mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Heldevam Pereira Campos Junior, Simone Costa de Almeida, Adriana de França Drummond
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its resulting health measures led to occupational disruption in several contexts of everyday life. This study aimed to investigate the occupatio...
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Ocupações dos usuários de um serviço de saúde mental Brasileiro durante a pandemia de COVID-19 Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Heldevam Pereira Campos Júnior, Simone Costa de Almeida, Adriana de França Drummond
A Pandemia do Coronavírus 2019 (COVID-19) e as medidas de saúde dela decorrentes podem levar a rupturas ocupacionais em vários contextos da vida cotidiana. Portanto, este estudo teve como objetivo ...
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Special issue: Occupation and society: Global to local perspectives for the future Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Suzanne Huot, Susan Forwell
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Reflexiones colectivas para la generación de espacios de conocimiento: Pensando una Ciencia Ocupacional inclusiva, diversa y participativa Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Silvia Veiga-Seijo, Marcel Nazabal Amores, Lorena Leive, Daniela Melfi, Rodolfo Morrison, Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Ana Luiza Menezes Vieira, Vagner dos Santos
La primera Conferencia Mundial de la Ciencia Ocupacional se desarrolló en Vancouver, Canadá en agosto de 2022. El idioma oficial del evento fue el inglés. Esto supuso un desafío para varios partici...
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Promoting health through yarncraft: Experiences of an online knitting group living with mental illness Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Joanna Nordstrand, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson, Greta Häggblom-Kronlöf
This study explored how people living with mental illness describe their experiences of knitting as a leisure occupation and whether knitting can create value and meaning and promote well-being. A ...
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Collective reflections to create knowledge spaces: Thinking about an inclusive, diverse, and participatory occupational science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Silvia Veiga-Seijo, Marcel Nazabal Amores, Lorena Leive, Daniela Melfi, Rodolfo Morrison, Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Ana Luiza Menezes Vieira, Vagner dos Santos
The first World Occupational Science Conference took place in Vancouver, Canada, in August 2022. As English was the official language of the event, this brought challenges for some non-anglophone p...
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Occupational adaptation of occupational therapists in a global crisis: Lessons learned from a Q-methodology study Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Daleen Casteleijn, Kitty Uys, Eileen du Plooy, Tania Buys, Helga Elke Lister, Jodie de Bruyn
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic demanded that people adapt to meet occupational and environmental challenges. Occupational therapists facing occupational disruption had to adapt to maintain engag...
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Meaning of small grains cultivation as a traditional occupation in Japan Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Saori Ogura, Susan J. Forwell, Catherine Backman, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Janette Bulkan, Katsuo Odakawa, Toru Sakawa, Masaru Shiiba
Traditional occupations hold important meanings, as they have been passed down from generation to generation. However, many occupations are endangered due to shifting practices and standards associ...
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Eeyou/Eenou community voices on ‘doing’ Miyupimaatisiiun (wellness) planning: An occupational transactional perspective Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Martine C. Lévesque, Alison Kutcher, Laurence Roy, Paul Linton, Lucy Trapper, Jill E. Torrie, Mary Ellen Macdonald
This article is the second of ‘twin’ papers centering community participation in Miyupimaatisiuun (wellness) planning within the Eeyou Istchee (Northern Québec James Bay Cree) context. We present a...
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Experiences of long-term unemployment from an occupational perspective: A scoping review Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Tanja Turtiainen, Anne-Le Morville, Inger Jansson
Long-term unemployment impacts a person’s life and opportunities for participating in occupations. Despite the frequent occurrence of short-term unemployment, the proportion of long-term unemployme...
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Special Issue: Innovations in research methodologies in Occupational Science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-12-03
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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An occupational perspective on the interplay between adolescents’ spirituality and occupational engagement Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Helena Christina Louw, Lana van Niekerk
Background: Religion, spirituality, and occupational engagement are inter-related and relevant to the health and well-being of adolescents. However, there is a gap in research exploring the interpl...
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Gaining by losing: The daily living experience of international female doctoral students in Aotearoa New Zealand Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Faridah Che Arr, Clare Hocking, David Healee
This Straussian grounded theory study explored how female doctoral students from South East Asia managed their daily occupations while studying in Aotearoa New Zealand. Twenty-three participants wh...
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Harnessing the pedagogical power of art for learning about occupation in an entry-to-practice neurorehabilitation occupational therapy course Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Parisa Mirmiran, Chloe Murphy, Julia Schmidt, Katie Lee Bunting
Introduction: Art can be a transformative pedagogical tool for teaching occupation. Research on arts-based pedagogies to teach occupation within educational programs is emergent and remains limited...
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Construindo conhecimento sobre ocupação a partir de seus fundamentos: um campo em busca de justiça epistêmica e relevância social Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Lilian Magalhães
Nesta fala de abertura da primeira Conferência Mundial de Ciência Ocupacional, compartilho algumas das questões com as quais tenho me debatido, na esperança de que outros talvez apontem para altern...
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Building knowledge of occupation from the ground up: A field in search of epistemic fairness and social relevance Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Lilian Magalhães
In this keynote address to the first World Occupational Science Conference, I share some of the questions I have been grappling with, in the hope that others will perhaps point to alternatives in t...
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Occupational transitions of leaving a cult: A study of publicly available accounts Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Karen McCarthy, Emily Osborn, Baylee Chelossi, Christian Quitoriano, Justine Thompson
While the formation of cults worldwide has steadily decreased since the 1970s, there are still a significant number of former members who have been impacted by their involvement and face unique cha...
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As atividades de tradução cultural: Proposições ético-metodológicas baseadas no perspectivismo Ameríndio para a pesquisa participativa sobre as ocupações Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
A pesquisa participante é um processo de ação social dinâmico, que gera teorias a partir de ciclos de reflexão acerca da realidade histórica concreta dos participantes individuais e coletivos. Nas ...
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Cultural translation activities: Ethical-methodological propositions to participatory research of occupations based on Amerindian perspectivism Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Diego Eugênio Roquette Godoy Almeida
Participatory research is a dynamic process of social action that generates knowledge based on cycles of reflection about the concrete historical reality of individuals and collective participants....
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Pre-sleep routines in adult typical sleepers Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Jean S. Koketsu, Doris Pierce
Sleep is the most important restorative occupation in which humans engage and pre-sleep routines, which occur prior to it, have not been explored. The main question this project sought to answer wa...
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Editorial Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Clare Hocking
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Special issue: Situated occupation in everyday life: Towards environmental, economic, social inclusiveness and sustainability Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-19
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The exploration of becoming as a yoga practitioner and its impact on identity formation, health, and well-being Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Sandra Brooks, Sarah Reynolds
ABSTRACT This study aimed to narrow the gap in understanding the health and well-being effects of becoming through occupation by exploring the concept of becoming through yoga practitioners’ perspectives. Four participants from the Southwest of England were recruited to engage in one-to-one semi-structured interviews concentrated on perspectives of transformation; that is, becoming, from their viewpoint
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Uncovering personal meaning construction through occupation from a psychoanalytic perspective Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Jesper Larsen Maersk
ABSTRACT Historically, occupational scientists have drawn from a diverse array of theoretical and philosophical resources in the study of human occupation. However, insights offered by psychoanalytic theory regarding human behavior have received little attention from occupational scientists. Although psychoanalytic theory has primarily been developed as a psychotherapeutic treatment modality and a
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Social inequalities portrayed in the occupational experiences of girls ahead of incarceration in Brazil Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Tatiana Maria Marques Tironi, Maria João Leote de Carvalho, Adriana de França Drummond, Luciana Assis Costa
ABSTRACT Literature demonstrates that most girls incarcerated in juvenile justice institutions in Brazil come from socially vulnerable groups that face social inequality and racial and gender discrimination, which results in occupational inequities. This study aims to understand the daily lives of young Brazilian girls ahead of their incarceration based on their occupational experiences and clarify
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Criminalization of occupation: Articulating a legal perspective within occupational science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Alexia Bystrzycki, Niki Kiepek
ABSTRACT Occupational science literature increasingly addresses occupations classified as illegal. We examine legal sanctioning, globally and locally, of two occupations: i) search and rescue activities to aid asylum seekers and ii) sex work. We draw on comparative legal research and critical historical legal methodologies to explore how occupations become framed as criminal in certain places and certain
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Children’s experiences of playground characteristics that contribute to play value and inclusion: Insights from a meta-ethnography Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Ines Wenger, Helen Lynch, Maria Prellwitz, Christina Schulze
ABSTRACT For children, playing outdoors is a meaningful occupation, and such play is enabled by outdoor playgrounds. As play is a fundamental right for every child, Universal Design is an approach to creating inclusive playgrounds that welcome all children. Yet, research investigating how the physical environment of a playground supports children’s play needs, in terms of play value and inclusion,
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To act in front of the stories: Narrative interpretation as a resource to move from what to how Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-09-03 Staffan Josephsson
The focus of this Ruth Zemke lecture is to present and reflect on ways theoretical resources on narrative interpretation are relevant to some of the key tensions and challenges facing the study of ...
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Global perspectives on migration and forced displacement: Theory, research, and practices for enacting an occupation-based approach Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-27 Concettina Trimboli, Sara Abdo, Mansha Mirza, Mary Black, Yda Smith, Chantal Christopher, Suzanne Huot
ABSTRACT This commentary reports on the international dialogic session delivered at the inaugural World Occupational Science Conference in Vancouver (2022) and a subsequent pre-congress workshop held at the World Federation of Occupational Therapists congress in Paris (2022). Global estimates of migration are at an all-time high, with forced migrants accounting for a staggering number, representing
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A critical reflection from inside, looking back and forward: Theorising perspectives on decolonising occupational science theory and practice Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou
ABSTRACT The paper seeks to provide a critical reflection on theorising perspectives in relation to decolonising occupational science from an insider’s perspective. In this paper ‘theorising’ refers to the means of identifying and collating some of the characteristics that form the problem of coloniality in the discipline of occupational science, and hence contribute to developing ways and means of
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Correction Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-20
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2023)
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Occupational identity and the military to civilian transition of former serving Australian Defence Force members Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Nathan C. Kerr, Shelly J. Lane, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Samantha Ashby
ABSTRACT Internationally, there is recognition that the transition from military service to civilian life is challenged by a military identity. The aim of this study was to present the impact of an occupational military identity on the transition to civilian life from the perspective of former serving Australian Defence Force members. A narrative inquiry methodology was employed to explore the transition
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Psychometric properties of self-reported instruments for occupational balance: A COSMIN-based systematic review Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Sangmi Park, Chang Dae Lee
ABSTRACT Introduction Instruments being used currently to evaluate Occupational Balance (OB) are all self-report outcome measures which demand robust psychometric properties for precise assessment. This study aimed to systematically review the psychometric properties of the current OB instruments. Methods For this systematic review, COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement
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Towards salience and solidarity: The importance of epistemic development in occupational science, occupational therapy, and the relationship between them Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-13 Gail Elizabeth Whiteford
Despite different histories, occupational science and occupational therapy share a central concern with occupation, in all its complexity, and the participation and inclusion of people in society. ...
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Critical reflections about plural law, Western constructions of human rights, and occupational justice: From Indigenous and African cosmovisions Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Cristiane Miryam Drumond de Brito, Paula Lúcia de Moura Pinto, José Luiz Quadros Magalhães, Rafael Coelho Magalhães
ABSTRACT Importance This is a provocative, interactive dialogue calling for expansion and enrichment of the concept of occupational justice beyond its first publication in 2000. It is necessary to refine the concept beyond its roots in Western contexts, bringing it into dialogue with ideas of plural law to think about human rights and occupational justice from different experiences such as African
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How caring work of older women gets disappeared: The gendered dynamics of changing everyday occupations in an older German couple Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Almut Spaeth, Fenna van Nes, Petra Verdonk, Tineke Abma
ABSTRACT Background: In older couples, everyday occupations need to be adjusted when one of the partners experiences a health decline. Gender dynamics will play a role in this process, yet there is little understanding about how gender can influence and shape changes in couples’ occupations. Aim: To understand the changing occupations of old, independent-living couples when becoming caregivers and
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(Re)making ‘third places’ in precarious times: Conceptual, empirical, and practical opportunities for occupational science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Rebecca Aldrich, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Kassandra Fernandes, Gorety Nguyen, Sarah Larkin
ABSTRACT Background: Occupational science scholarship has long recognized the relationship of person, occupation, and context, with less focus on the role of occupation in placemaking. Inquiries about ‘third places’ beyond home and work can develop knowledge about how occupations help (re)create and maintain places; such knowledge is especially relevant for understanding how people navigate precarious
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Towards developing a decolonial transdisciplinary praxis that supports a socially-transformative occupational science: Emergent insights from an educational project in South Africa Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Liesl Peters, Kristen Abrahams, Mellisa Francke, Letitia Rustin, Genevieve Minen
ABSTRACT As occupational science develops its socially transformative agenda, the discipline must learn how to ‘do’ a science that responds to complex social issues. Developing occupational science as a ‘transdisciplinary science’ has been indicated as a potential tool to do so. As such, this paper presents the emergent insights generated through attempting to engage a decolonial transdisciplinary
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Aging Muslim immigrants transitioning from Muslim majority countries to Muslim minority countries: A scoping review addressing dynamics of occupation, place, and identity Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-07-30 Nada Nasir, Carri Hand, Debbie Laliberte Rudman
ABSTRACT Immigration can challenge aging people’s health, social inclusion, and continued engagement in meaningful occupations, causing loss of and/or change in social status, relationships, and roles; all of which can be intimately tied to place and identity. Such losses may lead to depression, isolation, and can negatively affect quality of life. This scoping review aimed to better understand how
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Occupational science, values and justice Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Sridhar Venkatapuram
ABSTRACT In a thoughtful reflection on the emergence and purpose of occupational science, Venkatapuram poses issues for occupational therapists in relation to what it means to be a science. Citing debates within epidemiology, characterized as being a biological or social science, Venkatapuram argues that in the post-pandemic context occupational scientists must think hard about the values underpinning
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Understanding the person-occupation enmeshment through exploring the erosion of tribal occupations in India Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Raviraj Shetty, Shoba Nayar
ABSTRACT Increasingly, occupational science scholars are seeking to broaden understandings of occupation beyond current conceptualizations heavily embedded within a Western paradigm, with its assumptions of individualism, autonomy, and progress and dominance over the environment. Located in India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a union territory primarily inhabited by tribal communities for whom farming
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Theoretical and methodological alignment through multi-modal research designs: Advancing the transactional perspective of occupation Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Heather K. Pugh, Kendra S. Heatwole Shank
ABSTRACT Moving beyond an individualized perspective in occupational science requires not only a theoretical paradigm shift, but also a methodological shift, broadening the focus beyond the individual experience. Methodologically, recentering the focus of inquiry to action requires thoughtful consideration of procedures to minimize some of the traditional dualisms separating individuals’ experiences
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Social and environmental determinants of occupation: An intersectional concept focused on occupational justice and participation Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Diane L. Smith
ABSTRACT Although there is a focus in occupational science (OS) and occupational therapy (OT) research on social, policy, and physical issues that limit participation, there needs to be continued emphasis on populations and global worldviews. I propose the identification and use of the concept of social and environmental determinants of occupation (SEDO) to examine the complex issues that influence
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Occupational disruption amid COVID-19 movement restrictions: A qualitative case study exploration Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Karen M. Keptner, Beth Ekelman, Barbara Milliken
ABSTRACT Background The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health safety measures disrupted daily lives as all but essential services were limited and many individuals found themselves confined to their home. Objective In order to understand the impact of early pandemic safety measures on occupation during a specific developmental phase, this study explored the perceptions of emerging adult occupational
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Time use during the military-civilian transition: Exploring concepts of occupational disruption, transition and balance Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Megan Edgelow, Angela Zanatta, Ashley Williams, Shannon Hill, Linna Tam-Seto, Heidi Cramm
ABSTRACT Introduction Military-civilian transition (MCT) refers broadly to the process of leaving military employment and becoming re-established in the civilian world. The cultural differences between military and civilian spheres can create challenges for veterans as they make this transition. Objectives To explore the time use and experiences of Canadian Armed Forces members as they progressed through
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Everyday aesthetics from an occupational perspective Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Kyle E. Karen, Cynthia L. Evetts
Mentions of aesthetic experiences tied to occupation in everyday life appear in the occupational science literature but aesthetic experiences have not been a focus of study. Building on the definit...
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Understanding the occupational impact of waiting using occupational science concepts Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Anya de Iongh, Chantelle Martin
Waiting is part of the collective experience as occupational beings. It has been studied in fields of psychology and patient experience, but not yet explored within occupational science. We conside...
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Editorial Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Clare Hocking
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 2, 2023)
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Stranded in the living room: A narrative study of occupational disruption and imbalance as experienced by two Norwegian students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Mona Asbjørnslett, Simon Reidar Berg, Védis Einarsdottir, Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas
ABSTRACT The everyday life experiences of undergraduate students under conditions of social isolation have been little explored. This paper explores the ways in which the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown impacted two Norwegian students’ everyday lives. Data were derived from diary entries kept by the students, one with a physical impairment and the other a single parent, over a 5-week period during the first
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Reviewer List 2022 Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-03-19
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2023)
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Special Issue on Place Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-03-19 Carri Hand
Published in Journal of Occupational Science (Vol. 30, No. 1, 2023)
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Occupational ecology: An emerging field for occupational science Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Salvador Simó Algado
The following article highlights the need to develop an occupational ecology, that is, the study of the deep and inseparable connection between human occupation and the ecological environment. Occu...
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Shedding light on hidden Filipino occupations as portrayed by mass media and scholarly resources: A critical interpretive synthesis Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Michael P. Sy, Ricardo Carrasco, Terry Peralta-Catipon, Daryl Patrick Yao, Veronica Dee, Peñafrancia E. Ching
ABSTRACT Portrayal of human doings in popular media has illuminated the social realities of Filipinos’ hidden occupations, presented from an outsider lens reinforced by journalistic biases, as health-compromising, illicit, and socially or personally undesirable. Depiction of hidden occupations becomes ambiguous when the intentions are to entertain, persuade, and monetize. This paper describes the depiction
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Understanding disruptions to children’s patterns of occupation and forms of occupational engagement during COVID-19 in Greece: An exploratory study Journal of Occupational Science Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Sofia Zogogianni, Gail Whiteford, Panagiotis Siaperas
ABSTRACT Background Occupational engagement and participation is considered essential for children’s health, development, and social connectedness. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing government ordered restrictions in Greece, school aged children’s patterns of occupational engagement were altered. Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which restrictions disrupted