The reach of occupational therapy in local development

Abstract Introduction: The questions of local life comprise a scheme of meanings produced daily and are taken by socio-economic processes that produce vulnerabilities as threats to the cohesion of networks of participation. Projects in Local Development can facilitate participatory engagements that...

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Published inCadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 443 - 462
Main Author Correia, Ricardo Lopes
Format Journal Article
LanguagePortuguese
Published Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional 01.01.2018
Subjects
HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Occupational Therapy
Participation
Comunidade
Terapia Ocupacional
Local Development
Participação
Community
Desenvolvimento Local
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Summary:Abstract Introduction: The questions of local life comprise a scheme of meanings produced daily and are taken by socio-economic processes that produce vulnerabilities as threats to the cohesion of networks of participation. Projects in Local Development can facilitate participatory engagements that take into account the collaboration between civil society and public power to address these issues. Objective: Analyse the reach of the occupational therapy in the orientation of projects and actions in Local Development. Method: This is a qualitative documentary research in which documents produced from a university extension project between January 2011 and July 2015, in the municipality of Itapeva, state of São Paulo, and content analysis procedures were discussed. Results: A sociohistorical matrix was extracted that comprised four large dimensions of knowledge in occupational therapy: daily, human activities, mediation skills, and collective life projects, all operated by the teaching methodology in participatory local development. Conclusion: Occupational therapy can directly reach the structures and political functions for Local Development, through processes that take into account the construction of networks of actions that mobilize the participatory engagement of local agents. These processes are based on the foundations of occupational therapy, demonstrating contributions to new research and assistance insertions.
ISSN:2526-8910
2526-8910
DOI:10.4322/2526-8910.ctoao1182