CH 1 Community-Based Practice: Occupation in Context

Question 1

AOTA Centennial Vision’s six broad practice areas

Answer 1

Children & youth; productive aging; mental health; rehabilitation, work, and industry; disabilities and participation; and health and wellness

Question 2

Community-Based Practice

Answer 2

Broad range of health related services: Prevention and health promotion, acute and chronic medical care, habilitation and rehabilitation, and direct and indirect service provision

Question 3

Goal of CBP?

Answer 3

For client and practitioner to become integral parts of the community

Question 4

Community Health Promotion

Answer 4

any combo of educational and social supports for people taking greater control of, and improving their own health or the health of a geographically defined area
Educational programs can be directed towards ind, fam, grps, or communities through schools, worksites, organizations, and or mass media

Question 5

Community-level interventions

Answer 5

• “attempt to modify the socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental context of the community to achieve health goals”
• Population-based approaches
• Community-level interventions are directed at impacting systems that affect health in communities.

Question 6

Community-centered initiatives/interventions

Answer 6

• generated by leaders and members of the community and typically utilize existing community resources
• promote community participation, exchange of information, and community autonomy. The role of the professional is as a consultant, facilitator, and mentor in the community.

Question 7

Dynamical Systems Approach

Answer 7

• recognizes the complexity of the social history of health and provides a framework for assessment and intervention at various levels of systems, including individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy levels
• “a chain reaction of adaptations and adjustments is created in other parts of the system”

Question 8

Ecological approach

Answer 8

• considers client embedded in and interacting with a variety of environments and contexts.
• requires practitioner to consider both client’s capabilities & constraints and the environmental enablers & barriers

Question 9

Strengths-Based

Answer 9

What the client CAN do- their assets, resources, talents & capabilities