Abstract
This methodological paper explains the process of occupational therapy management of displaced persons due to disaster influence. It is yet to be part of the occupational therapy practice domain even in recent decades with the advancement in occupational therapy research evidence and development. It is based on the current knowledge and developments in occupational therapy client centered practice. This methodological and conceptual based study describes and illustrates the occupational therapy practice model of rehabilitating displaced persons due to disaster influence. The present paper explores the occupational therapy role in rehabilitating displaced persons through People’s Environmental Occupation, Ecology of Human Performance (EHP), and Occupational Therapy Practice Framework. These are integrated as a single conceptual model to describe how and process of occupational therapy practice area during the rehabilitation process of a displaced person(s). The paper finally presented a sequenced framework to guide occupational therapists practice in this new emerging practice area of rehabilitation. This study was developed based on three different theories to support the occupational therapy treatment process of a displaced person due to disaster of any nature. Its concept based without any statistical analysis.
Highlights
IntroductionDisasters aren’t aberrant phenomena, they are mainly reflections of the ways human beings live their normal lives because disaster disrupts in resources, in-
The present paper explores the occupational therapy role in rehabilitating displaced persons through People’s Environmental Occupation, Ecology of Human Performance (EHP), and Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
As the disasters are in enormous raise, it is mandatory that the health care professionals are adequately trained to prepare and handle emergency care in the need of time as suggested by World Health Organisation (WHO)
Summary
Disasters aren’t aberrant phenomena, they are mainly reflections of the ways human beings live their normal lives because disaster disrupts in resources, in-. Disaster usually wipes off the hard earn results of years of development in a short period like a flood, storms, and droughts. The foundational causes of most of these disasters have been attributed to global warming and environmental degradation [2]. Urbanization, climate changes, population growth and environmental degradation are the sole reasons for the steady rise in disaster over the decades [3]. The European Union, has included disaster prevention and management in their policy areas alongside health, environment, climate change adaptation, development, cohesion, research and innovation [4]. The most common highlighted causes for disaster in Europe are floods, followed by storms, heat, cold waves, ice, snow, forest fires and man-made disasters, industrial accidents, transport accidents, terrorist attacks, and cyber-attack
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