The School of Community and Environmental Health offers graduate and certificate programs which lead to careers in health services research, public health, community health, health care administration, environmental health, and occupational safety. The Master of Science in community health offers practicing health care professionals the opportunity to complete their degrees in a distance format...

Occupational therapists' use of goal statements during interactions with patients can extend far beyond the care-planning session. Each treatment session provides an opportunity to match goals decided upon by the patient and therapist with a structured activity, thus endowing that activity with a therapeutic purpose. This article presents a rationale for discussing with patients the purpose and...

The School of Community and Environmental Health offers graduate and certificate programs which lead to careers in health services research, public health, community health, health care administration, environmental health, and occupational safety. The Master of Science in community health offers practicing health care professionals the opportunity to complete their degrees in a distance format...

The School of Community and Environmental Health offers graduate and certificate programs which lead to careers in health services research, public health, community health, health care administration, environmental health, and occupational safety. The Master of Science in community health offers practicing health care professionals the opportunity to complete their degrees in a distance format...

The primary care NP has a significant opportunity to meet the special healthcare needs of the occupational community. While NPs routinely diagnose and treat workers, writing return-to-work restrictions can pose a challenge.

Background. This research aimed at identifying the consequences of strategic entrepreneurship in sports business. Objectives. The objective of the research is to identify the consequences of deployment of strategic entrepreneurship in sports business. Method. A qualitative research approach was employed. Data collection was done through interview as well as research background. The population...

A substantial amount of occupational medicine is practised by primary care physicians and this applies throughout the world. In the UK, if we assume that 1 in 10 primary care physicians may have some attachment or interest then there may be as many as 3200 general practitioners (GPs) practising occupational medicine, even if this is simply an arrangement to see employees from a local company if...

A founder of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, Thomas Bessell Kidner (1866-1932) played a prominent role in the early development of occupational therapy in Canada and the United States. We describe Kidner's early life and how his work using occupations evolved. We then examine ideas and assumptions about occupations as treatment and trace Kidner's involvement thro...

very strong advocate of the occupational therapist's role in prevention. I was particularly pleased with Doble and O'Shea's statements regarding occupational therapy's worldwide status. Our profession can only benefit from intercountry dialogue. If my view of occupational therapy appears provincial to therapists from other countries, it is because I have only recently had the opportunity to beg...

very strong advocate of the occupational therapist's role in prevention. I was particularly pleased with Doble and O'Shea's statements regarding occupational therapy's worldwide status. Our profession can only benefit from intercountry dialogue. If my view of occupational therapy appears provincial to therapists from other countries, it is because I have only recently had the opportunity to beg...