Abstract
BackgroundAll individuals should have the right to engage meaningfully in occupations that meet their aspirations and life goals as well as promote their health and well-being. For individuals with disability, meaningful engagement in occupations is supported by timely, effective, and adaptive health and support services. However, research has revealed multiple barriers preventing utilization of these services by individuals with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. This review aims to identify gaps and solutions in health and support services of individuals with disability from CALD backgrounds to meaningfully engage in occupations.MethodsA scoping review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews. A detailed search strategy will be used to search CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, PsycInfo, JBI, and Cochrane Library, as well as grey literature in Trove, Mednar, and OpenGrey from January 1974 onwards. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations and full-text articles for eligibility against specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Potential conflicts will be resolved through discussion. Data will be extracted and presented in a diagrammatic or tabular form accompanied by a narrative summary.DiscussionThe scoping review will present the health and support service needs of individuals with disability from CALD backgrounds and will extend the current reviews as it focuses the engagement in meaningful occupation. Findings from this review have the potential to inform local policy discussions and practice-based disability care.Systematic review registrationOpen Science Framework (10.17605/OSF.IO/HW2FB).
Highlights
All individuals should have the right to engage meaningfully in occupations that meet their aspirations and life goals as well as promote their health and well-being
Since our preliminary literature search identified a paucity of publications pertaining to individuals with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, a scoping review was chosen for its utility in mapping major concepts across a diversity of literature to provide a descriptive overview of the degree, scope, and nature of research activities in a broad topic area and identify gaps in evidence [40, 52]
It is expected that the findings of this review will provide evidence of the health and support service needs of individuals with disability from CALD backgrounds
Summary
All individuals should have the right to engage meaningfully in occupations that meet their aspirations and life goals as well as promote their health and well-being. Meaningful engagement in occupations is supported by timely, effective, and adaptive health and support services. This review aims to identify gaps and solutions in health and support services of individuals with disability from CALD backgrounds to meaningfully engage in occupations. All individuals should have the right to engage meaningfully in occupations that meet their aspirations and life goals as well as promote their health and well-being [1]. A systematic review on the wellbeing of elderly individuals showed well-being to be dependent on and enhanced by a range of occupations that provide meaning and value to their life [10]. A lack of meaningful occupation has negative effects on health and well-being
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