469 Irecently attended a keynote address by Ron Coleman (2005), who identified himself as both mental health care consumer and professional, at a mental health conference in Australia. Addressing the issue of mental health recovery, he urged mental health workers such as nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists to “recover” their own professions. He was referring to the need to recov...

introduction: psychological and social health is the main problems of workers population, which can increase productivity at work and physical and mental health and provide or decline in these aspects. materials and methods: this study was descriptive and crosses - sectional and has been performed on 388 iranian central iron ore company workers. the tool of study was standard ghq-28 question ar...

BACKGROUND Occupational Physicians rely especially on advice from colleagues when answering their information demands. On the other hand, Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) promotes the use of up-to-date research literature instead of experts. To find out if there was a difference between expert-based practice and EBM we compared professional advice on occupational health topics with best evidence f...

Two forces are converging, creating conditions both challenging and potentially fruitful for occupational therapy. The profession's knowledge base describing occupation is growing exponentially. At the same time, functional outcomes of intervention are being increasingly valued within the health care environment. Other professions imitate and claim our areas of expertise in the most flattering ...

This research is based on a benchmarking study of occupational health and safety (OHS) management practices of construction companies in Australia. It is mandatory for Australian construction firms to provide a safe working environment for their workers and sub-contractors. However, many small to medium enterprises that are not in a position of financial strength, struggle to provide adequate l...

Implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) is a complex task. This study, conducted in an acute geriatric setting, aims to compare self-reported capability beliefs on EBP between health professionals and students, and to compare the use of EBP between health professional groups. Occupational therapists, physicians, physiotherapists and registered nurses with three or more months' employmen...

This special issue on the effectiveness of occupational therapy services in mental health practice was compiled in an attempt to further build the evidence supporting the profession’s contribution to this practice area. How did we lose our footing in mental health practice when the profession was once considered to be one of the most valued services for people with mental health disorders? In t...

BACKGROUND This article investigates the legal database and theoretical basis of workplace health promotion (WHP) in three European countries: Finland, Latvia and Lithuania, and aims to find insights into effective WHP implementation. METHODS In November 2013, a stakeholders' survey was carried out. The questionnaire included questions about legal documents and non-legislative measures releva...

The authors completed an 8-week practice placement at Thrive’s garden project in Battersea Park, London, as part of their occupational therapy degree programme. Thrive is a UK charity using social and therapeutic horticulture (STH) to enable disabled people to make positive changes to their own lives (Thrive 2008). STH is an emerging therapeutic movement, using horticulture-related activities t...

The family occupies an important role in the lives of persons with a physical, developmental, or mental disability; however, the extent and manner in which occupational therapists work with families is not known. A questionnaire concerning family-therapist involvement was sent to occupational therapists. Responses of 340 occupational therapists with a primary practice area of physical disabilit...