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Exploring the Praxis of Occupational Therapy-Community Development Practitioners

Irvine-Brown, L, Ware, Vicki and Malfitano, APS 2021, Exploring the Praxis of Occupational Therapy-Community Development Practitioners, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1177/00084174211066662.

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Title Exploring the Praxis of Occupational Therapy-Community Development Practitioners
Author(s) Irvine-Brown, L
Ware, VickiORCID iD for Ware, Vicki orcid.org/0000-0002-5192-3097
Malfitano, APS
Journal name Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Start page 1
End page 10
Total pages 10
Publisher Sage
Place of publication London, Eng.
Publication date 2021
ISSN 0008-4174
1911-9828
Keyword(s) critical occupational therapy
occupational justice
professional practice
social occupational therapy
social transformation
Summary Background. A growing body of occupational therapy knowledge and practice focuses not on health but on social transformation, and couples occupational therapy with community development. A tension in both these fields is the disconnect between what practitioners espouse and what they do, limiting the potential of practice. To address this, practitioners are encouraged to engage in praxis—the critical synthesis of theory and practice. Purpose. To explore whether and how Australian occupational therapy-community development practitioners engage in critical praxis. Method. A critical dialogical method was employed to complete multiple in-depth interviews with four occupational therapy-community development practitioners. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings. Practitioners appeared capable of praxis but were not consistently employing it. Findings were grouped into themes: disjointed praxis, authentic praxis, supporting praxis, and praxis challenges and solutions. Implications. Occupational therapists need to be supported to develop, use, and maintain skills in critical praxis.
Language eng
DOI 10.1177/00084174211066662
Field of Research 1103 Clinical Sciences
1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30160183

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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