Commercial motorcycles have posed a lot of hazards usually in form of accidents which are often serious and fatal. Using ABU, Zaria as a case study, this survey aims to assess the occupational health hazards among motorcyclists. A cross sectional survey design was used for the study. Questionnaires were administered to 216 respondents. Majority of whom were in the age group of 30-34 years with ...

The purpose of this descriptive study is to investigate the perceptions of occupational therapists working in school-based settings regarding their level of preparation for practice. The Survey of School-Based Practice was mailed to 1,102 occupational therapists working in school-based practice (SBP) throughout the United States. The mailing was based on a random sampling of 20% of the School S...

The existing social stratification studies show that social inequalities in educational and occupational opportunities are still a feature of our societies. This paper aims to study country differences in the extent to which social origin affects young people’s educational and occupational outcomes. Twelve countries covering different geographical, economic and social contexts in Europe are ana...

The aim was to describe the occupational transition process to upper secondary school, further education and/or work, and to discover what support influences the process from the perspectives of young adults with Asperger syndrome or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This qualitative study was performed in Sweden and comprised interviews with 15 young adults recruited from community bas...

Disability studies seeks to reframe rehabilitation's understanding and responses to disability. Disability scholars point out that rehabilitation's perspectives and practices are not objective, but instead reflect particular historical and ideological forces. By demonstrating how rehabilitation practitioners can unintentionally do things that are unhelpful or even harmful, disability scholars c...

T he Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 1990, Public Law 101-476; originally called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 [Public Law 94-142]) provides the underpinnings for the delivery of occupational therapy to children with disabilities. Occupational therapy is included in IDEA as an educationaUy related service for children and young adults ages 3 years to ...

OBJECTIVE We examined the preclinical curricular content pertaining to low vision rehabilitation (LVR) included in occupational therapy (OT) and occupational therapy assistant (OTA) programs. METHOD An e-mail survey containing questions about program structure and the extent of course material related to LVR in the curriculum was sent to directors of all accredited OT and OTA programs in the ...

Abstract This paper results from discussions carried out in a Community of Practice Occupational Therapists Latin America and the Caribbean who work with Education (TOE America). TOE arises to strengthen collective occupational therapists field education within specificities American social organizations. Therefore, here we come share little this path, presenting three themes essay: First, desc...