Narratives are gaining recognition as important ways occupational therapists and other clinicians can think about the life stories of clients. The purpose of this article is to examine a conceptualization of how changes from one chapter to another occur in life stories, using the metaphor of an adaptive repertoire, and to consider how this notion can be useful in helping clients maintain contin...

This paper presents an analysis of a familiar aspect of construction industry culture which we have dubbed ‘the claims culture’. This is a culture of contract administration that lays a strong emphasis on the planning and management of claims. The principal elements of the analysis are two sets of distinctions. The first of these comprises economic and occupational orders, referring to two kind...

Police researchers have long speculated on the importance that culture plays in the everyday functioning of officers. Most characterizations of police culture focus on describing the various elements and facets of a single phenomenon among occupational members (e.g., group loyalty, crime fighter image, organizational tension with supervisors, etc.). Little work has been done in synthesizing wha...

Kelly Allen, an occupational therapist and artist based in Grand Rapids, MI, provided the cover art for Spring 2021 edition of Open Journal Occupational Therapy (OJOT). “Follow” is a 16” x 20” painting made from oil on panel. The painting, which features coati Central America, Kelly’s Animal Totem series. After more than 2 decades as fine educator, she began searching career change. background ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to study the impact of different categories of working conditions on the association between occupational class and self-reported health in the working population. METHODS Data were collected through a postal survey conducted in 1991 among inhabitants of 18 municipalities in the southeastern Netherlands. Data concerned 4521 working men and 2411 working women and include...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration believes chemical odor breakthrough is no longer an adequate, sufficient indicator for when workers should change chemical cartridges. Therefore, OSHA's 1998 revision to its respiratory protection standard, 29 CFR 1910.134, requires users of chemical cartridge respirators to implement a cartridge change schedule based on "objective information o...

Cross-shift measurements of peak expiratory flow (PEF) are commonly employed in the diagnosis of occupational asthma, although evidence for this approach is lacking. The current paper presents an evaluation of the technique. Mean changes in PEF across morning/day shifts were compared between workers with occupational asthma, confirmed using specific challenge testing, and non-working asthmatics...

Occupational violence is a worldwide, multifaceted problem affecting all industries, including healthcare. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of the experiences of 158 allied health professionals, 135 doctors, and 1229 nurses working in a rural area in eastern Australia. Response rates were 72 percent for allied health professionals and 62 percent for general practitioners (GPs) and nurses. ...