For my second post I will be talking about health as well as mentioning a few theories promoting health. Health can be defined in many different ways, one being “the complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not just the absence of disease or infirmity.” The promotion of health is the use of discipline specific techniques to assist people in achieving their health related goals. Occupational therapy directed health promotion is the client centered use of occupations, adaptations to context, or alteration of context to maximize individuals’, families’, communities’, and groups’ pursuit of health and quality of life. Health promotion is a process of maximizing health through structured interventions. Before an appropriate theory can be selected for a health promotion initiative, a clear understanding of the health and occupation needs and desires of those being served is required. One of the first and most widely used models in health promotion is...
Sounds like you had quite an interesting fieldwork Cam! I know you are looking forward to your level II, no worries they will be here soon enough! Have a great break!
ReplyDeleteCam, I'm glad you got to gain experience in an area we haven't spent much time on. I can't wait to hear more about it when we get back to class!
ReplyDeleteCameron, I'm happy you got a chance to experience a new setting! I can't wait to hear more about it. That setting seems very interesting.
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