P4 medicine and pediatric occupational therapy

• Published in: The American journal of occupational therapy Vol. 67; no. 4; pp. 383 - 388
• Main Authors: Persch, Andrew C, Braveman, Brent H, Metzler, Christina A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Occupational Therapy Association 01.07.2013; American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc
• Subjects: Acute services; Child; Child, Preschool; Data collection; Disabled Children - education; Disabled Children - rehabilitation; Disease management; Educational Change; Educational Environment; Educational Legislation; Evidence; Federal Legislation; Health Behavior; Health care; Humans; Management; Medicine; Mental health; Mental Health Services; Methods; Models, Organizational; No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US; Occupational therapy; Occupational Therapy - legislation & jurisprudence; Occupational Therapy - organization & administration; Occupational Therapy - standards; Paediatrics; Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Pediatrics; Practice; Precision Medicine; Preventive medicine; Resistance (Psychology); Social Environment; Systems Approach; United States; Vision; Wellness; United States
• ISSN: 0272-9490; 1943-7676
• DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2013.674002

Pediatric occupational therapy practitioners face a complex and ever-changing health care environment, creating many challenges and opportunities. P4 medicine is a systems approach to health care that emphasizes proactive wellness over reactive acute care disease management. The four Ps of P4 medicine stand for predictive, personalized, preventive, and participatory, concepts that align well with the practice of pediatric occupational therapy. P4 medicine offers a model for pediatric occupational therapy practitioners to demonstrate the value of occupational therapy services.