Occupational Therapy Publications
Research in Occupational Therapy Publications is concerned with enabling occupations to promote health, well-being, social inclusion and social justice at individual, family, community and societal levels. Research topics include work related injuries, physical activity, environmental factors of well-being and, rehabilitation. Topics include global access to treatment, radiotherapy and various surgical approaches.
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Submissions from 2018
Expanding beyond individualism: Engaging critical perspectives on occupation., Alison J Gerlach, Gail Teachman, Debbie Rudman, Rebecca M Aldrich, and Suzanne Huot
Understanding Parkinson’s Through Visual Narratives: “I’m Not Mrs. Parkinson’s”, S. G. Lutz, Jeffrey D. Holmes, D. Rudman, A. M. Johnson, K. LaDonna, and M. E. Jenkins
Working Towards the Promise of Participatory Action Research: Learning From Ageing Research Exemplars, Colleen E. McGrath
Using Eye-Tracking Technology for Communication in Rett Syndrome: Perceptions of Impact, Kelli Vessoyan, Gill Steckle, Barb Easton, Megan Nichols, Victoria Mok Siu, and Janette McDougall
Submissions from 2017
Resource Seeking as Occupation: A Critical and Empirical Exploration., Rebecca M Aldrich, Debbie Rudman, and Virginia A Dickie
Precarity in the Nonprofit Employment Services Sector, Carlo Fanelli, Debbie Rudman, and Rebecca Aldrich
Domain-Based and Overall Life Satisfaction for Youth with Chronic Conditions: The Role of Personal, Interpersonal, and Environmental Factors Over a One-Year Period, Janette McDougall and Virginia Wright
Investigating the enabling factors influencing occupational therapists’ adoption of assisted living technology, Colleen E. McGrath
Discerning the social in individual stories of occupation through critical narrative inquiry., Debbie Rudman and Rebecca Aldrich
“You got to make the numbers work”: Negotiating managerial reforms in the provision of employment support service., Debbie Rudman, Rebecca Aldrich, John Grundy, Melanie Stone, Suzanne Huot, and Awish Aslam
Submissions from 2016
Three-year Trajectories of Global Perceived Quality of Life for Youth With Chronic Health Conditions, Janette McDougall, David J. DeWit, Megan Nichols, Linda Miller, and F. Virginia Wright
“Activated, but Stuck”: Applying a Critical Occupational Lens to Examine the Negotiation of Long-Term Unemployment in Contemporary Socio-Political Contexts, Debbie Rudman and Rebecca Aldrich
“Why would I want to go out?”: Age-related Vision Loss and Social Participation, Debbie Rudman, Deborah Gold, Colleen McGrath, Biljana Zuvela, Marlee Spafford, and Rebecca Renwick
Submissions from 2015
Youth with Disabilities Talk About Spirituality: A Qualitative Descriptive Study, Patricia J. Baldwin, Jan Evans, Nicole Etherington, Megan Nichols, Viginia Wright, and Janette McDougall
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE): Further validation with youth who have chronic conditions, Gary Bedell and Janette McDougal
Maternal Factors and the Emotional and Behavioural Functioning of Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions, Nicole Etherington, Janette McDougall, David DeWit, and Virginia Wright
Quality of Life and Self-Determination: Youth with Chronic Health Conditions Make the Connection, Janette McDougall, Patricia Baldwin, Jan Evans, Megan Nichols, Nicole Ehterington, and Virginia Wright
Situating occupation in social relations of power: Occupational possibilities, ageism and the retirement ‘choice’, Debbie Laliberte Rudman
Prevalence and Influences of Preschoolers’ Sedentary Behaviors in Early Learning Centers: A Cross-Sectional Study, Patricia Tucker, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Shauna M. Burke, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Andrew M. Johnson
Submissions from 2014
Scoping Review - Physical Accessibility & Post-secondary Education, Lea E. Klinger
ICF-based Functional Components and Contextual Factors as Correlates of Perceived Quality of Life for Youth With Chronic Conditions, Janette McDougall, Virginia Wright, David DeWit, and Linda Miller
Embracing and Enacting an ‘Occupational Imagination’: Occupational Science as Transformative, Debbie Rudman
Submissions from 2013
Physical Accessibility Measure for Schools, Lea E. Klinger
University Campus Accessibility Measure, Lea E. Klinger
The Youth Report Version of the Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP): Assessment of Psychometric Properties and Comparison With Parent Report, Janette McDougall, Gary Bedell, and Virginia Wright