Exam Flashcards
What is culture (4 bullet points)
- learned
- visible and invisible
- situated
- individual and shared
What does culture do? (2 bullet points)
- changes and adapts
- emerges through interaction
Culture is a process that is: (5 points)
- learned
- localized
- patterned
- confers and expresses values
- Persistent but adaptive
Culture is learned:
-listening to, observing and assessing
-shared with those who you learn and who you teach
-institutions may formally transmit culture (schools, religious groups)
-learning is more complex as we age
(initially family –> to peers)
Culture is localized:
- culture is shared within societies
- culture is situated in what is personally meaningful (may not be universally shared)
- culture can exist in multiple contexts (including virtual)
- the strength of shared culture may be more binding than proximity
- most societies have cultural subgroups
Culture is Patterned
patterning is essential for social success and maintaining societies
-patterns set social expectations
Made up of: routines, habits that organize daily life
-rituals, a formal pattern of behaviours, create and maintain cultural cohesion
-Routines can become rituals when they have meaning beyond fulfilling a biological need
Culture confers and expresses values:
4 points about values
- values assign moral and ethical judgement to ideas and behaviours
- Values define concepts and behaviours that are important within a society
- values reflect shared meaning and are needed within a society for cohesion
- Values can be contradictory and are contingent on context
Primary Values: consistent value categories across culture
- Conception of innate human nature
- Relationship to nature and the use of technology
- Temporal focus of human life (time)
- Conception of human activity
- Conception of human relationships to others
Values as an integrated system:
value orientation vs a discrete set of values
- may be embedded in religion or standard of morality
- reinforced by economic, political or family structures ( professional code of ethics)
- reinforced by social groups, people who differ may feel stigmatized
- personal orientation evolve overtime
- generations may show differences
Culture is Persistent but adaptive:
- Cultural identity is usually stable, but can adapt
- changes over a person’s life course
- Change may be experiences across a society simultaneously with similar responses
Culture vs Society:
Culture: shared understandings that give private meaning to people’s behaviour
Society: the organization of people, arranged around significant dimensions
Societies:
- include many cultural groups and subgroups
- organized around patterned behaviours
- structured around institutions
- institutions are organized around central themes
- ->hospitals are institutions organized around health care
Universal Institutions
-Economic and political
-family groups
-religion
groups help meet individual and social needs
groups –> institutions –? societies
Status
Position in society --> comes with rights and responsibilities --> reciprocal expectations Ex: parent and child health care provider and patient/client
ascribed status
from birth, cannot be altered
Achieved status
acquired through effort and /or competition
Q what could restrict or limit status
Race
Inherited traits, physically visible, categorized by language, skin colour, religion
Ethnicity:
Presumed place or origin, believed similarities of a group (physical and customs)
- May be mistaken for culture
- may be part of someone’s identity
Race and Ethnicity (3 points)
-Both socially constructed categories
-no empirical evidence for categories
-discrimination experienced is real
-
Stereotypes
generalizations about groups based on common features (appearance, ethnicity, gender)
- -> human tendency to categorize different vs. sam
- -> what are stereotypes about OT
Bias
prejudice in favor of or against typically considered to be unfair
–> examples of bias in the media recently?
How might bias play out in health care
Social role: (4 points)
expected behaviour based on a status position in a specific situation
- -> takes into accounts rights and expectations
- expectations may differ from culture to culture
- roles have occupations associated with them
(e. g Student and professor)
Roles evolve as culture evolves (eg)
-men’s and women’s roles in North America in 1950s vs 2019
Family roles:
spouse, parent, child, sibling etc.
Economic/Productive roles
manager, worker, professor, student, etc.
Political roles:
City councilor, bureaucrat, Prime Minister, etc.
Community Roles:
Coach, volunteer, etc.
Religious Roles
spiritual leader, church member, etc.
Social roles ex. categories
Family roles,
economic/productive roles
political roles, community roles, religious roles
->Roles may overlap and belong to more than one category
–> what roles do you currently occupy
Role Conflict (4 points)
- people occupy multiple roles with differing demands
- role conflict happens when the demands of one role clash with those of another
- -> first responder who is also a parent
- Values and beliefs may influence how we allocate our time within different roles
- Outside factors may also impact this
- -> economic factors, social pressure, family expectations etc.
Role Checklist (occupational roles)
-Occupational roles organize behaviour by contributing to one’s personal identity, conveying social expectations for performance, organizing use of time and including the individual within the social structure
Role Checklist (OT)
–>unique view of disability involves understanding how illness or injury affects occupational role performance. Successful adaptation after illness or injury may be depend on a person’s ability to competently resume or to establish new occupational roles
Role Checklist (written inventory)
-requires approx 15 min to administer, and is appropriate for use with adolescent, adult or elderly population. It is divided into 2 parts.
Role Checklist part 1
assess along temporal continuum, the major occupational roles that organize an individual’s daily life
Role Checklist Part 2:
identifies the degree to which each occupational role is valued
Why study time use???
3 main points
- understand what people do in their day
- -> context, social elements
- Rhythms and patterns of participation
- ->eg. Day/night, sleep/wake, self-care/productivity/leisure
- time use is linked to health and well-being
- ->gives info about roles and what is valued
Time use is a socio-cultural construct (3 points)
- time is a human construction
- 24 hour clock is dominant method of time (keeping 12 or 24 increments)
- ->How did people keep time before clocks?
- Context is important
- ->E.g time keeping at work vs. home
Occupational Patterns
Habit
Routine
Enfolded activity
Habit
Familiar pattern of activities that become automatic
- -> brush teeth
- ->make coffee
Routine
anchored pattern of activity, sequenced daily or over long time periods, offers structure and order to daily life
Daily routine: get up, make bed, shower, have coffee, check email, go to work
Eg Weekly: water plants, buy groceries, vacuum house
Enfolded Activity
doing more than one thing at a time
–> eg. Playing with dog while making breakfast
Time Use is socio-cultural construct Part 2 (2 points)
- Constructions of time and time use are culturally-based
- ->E.g. Differences in how time and time use is viewed for example:
- -> Future/present/past-oriented
- -> linear vs. multi-active vs cyclical
- Time as a commodity
Linear Time
Past –> over
Present –> today’s task
A–>B–>C–>D–>E
Future –> plans for January, worried for February
Linear vs Multi_active Time
Theory : all perfectly timed
Reality: things take longer than you think
Linear Vs. Cyclical time:
western (linear) A through F
Oriental: a circle with all letters inside and then comes out to form other letters
Sociological applications (5 points)
- National time use surveys for informing policy
- Differences in time use between groups of people
- ->gender/age
- -> Attend to social and economic value of range of occupations
- ->evaluate impact of technology/urban geography on the time use of the population
Time Use of Adult Canadians
- 26 hours on self-care
- 69 Productivity
- 15 lesure
- 89 rest
Time Use of retired Canadians
3.4 self-care
4.3-productivity
8 leisure
8.3 rest
Time use Survey (subcategories)
-consider the sub-categories of activities described on the daily activity codes from the Time Use Survey
Productivity = paid work + housework + voluntary work + education
Leisure = socializing +active + passive
Stats Canada about Time use
-2015 women spent an average of 2.8 hours more on household work (54 more then men)
over the past 30 years has decreased by an average of 42 min per day
me increased 24 min
Time spent on paid work and unpaid housework and caregiving in combination was similar
women generally spending more unpaid work.
women aged 25-54 spent an average of 3.9 unpaid work (1.5 Hours) large than men but 1.3 hours less on paid work
As OT (time use) 3 points
- interested in understanding time use from the perspective of health and well-being
- Do the finding from the time use survey provide any information relevant to understand the health and well-being of Canadians?
- What are the limits of this information with respect to understanding health and well-being
How might time use influence health and well being?????
activity patterns associated with health and well-being (4 points)
- demonstrate a balance between self-care, productivity, leisure
- Provide structure for a “needed” routine/amount of activity, some sense of “structure”
- Balance between “active”: activities and passive activities/rest
- Demonstrate opportunities for a range of social contacts
DO LIVE WELL Table
Dimensions of experience: range of experiences are needed –>
Health and Wellness Outcomes: Everyday activities have an important impact on health and well-being
Personal and social forces impact all 3 levels:
many forces can affect experiences, activity patterns and outcome
DLW: Dimensions of experience: ( 8 points)
- Activating your body, mind and senses
- Connecting with Others
- Contributing to community and society
- Taking care of yourself
- Building security/prosperity
- Developing and expressing identity
- Developing capabilities and potential
8 Experiencing pleasure and joy
- Activating your body, mid and senses
activities are associated with activation can take many forms, from physical exercise (activating one’s body) to completing crossword puzzles (activating one’s mind) to listening to music (activating one’s sense’s). Some activities may involve multiple sources of activation, such as taking dance lessons with a partner or walking in nature
- Connecting with others:
this Dimension involves an emotional attachment within a social group. Connecting may take many forms (face-to-face versus virtual) and involves a range of “others” (family, friend, neighbours, coworkers, acquaintances, and even animals).
- Contributing to community and society
This dimension involves imparting socially valued human capacities or resources (eg. time, money, information) toward the good of social groups. Examples include paid or volunteer work, parenting, caregiving and civic engagement (e.g participation in advocacy initiatives)
- Taking care of yourself
This dimension involves attending to personal physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. Self-care may include a range of activities, such as exercising, eating well, taking vitamins, spending time with loved ones, and taking time to relax and rejuvenate
5 Building Security/Prosperity
This dimension captures the broader process of achieving financial and social security. Ex. of activities that contribute toward this dimension of experience include engagement in paid employment, planning and managing finances, household management, and investing in stable housing and safe neighbourhoods
6 Developing and expressing identity
interests, preferences, values, personal strengths and other characteristics of identity fuel engagement in preferred activities, which may include sports, and participating in cultural activities
- Developing capabilities and potential
this dimension involves developing skills, knowledge abilities, aptitudes and capacities. It involves challenging oneself, setting goals and striving towards one’s potential or ideal self
- experiencing Pleasure and joy
this dimension includes activities associated with experiences of enjoyment and contentment
Time use and health well-being (4 points)
- these dimensions of activity health have both individual and social features
- No “ideal” for activity patterns exists; patterns can “suggest” issues/problems
- activity patterns and expressions of dimensions of health are likely highly individual
- ongoing social changes influence activity patterns - and impact of these changes on health and well-being are not readily known
- -> (i.e. influence of technology)
Time Use and Disability
- Higher levels of unemployment
- Occupations are less varied
- Fewer activities outside the home
- more passive leisure
- personal care may take more time
- may need more rest
- may experience more poverty and decreased access to resources
Time Use Assessment methods
- Time diaries
- The modified Occupational Questionnaire
- Action Over Inertia
- Profiles of Occupational engagement in Person with Schizophrenia
Intrinsic Value of occupation
-not to be occupied and not to exist amount to the same thing. One must give oneself all the occupation one can to make life supportable in this world…. If you do not want to commit suicide, always have something to do …. Voltaire
Occupation and Health Ann Wilcock
Lack of occupation or the wrong kind or mix of occupations may be more lethal than tripping over rugs
Wilcock Three way link between occupation, health and survival
Survival: primary Human Drive
Health: Biological Needs Met
Occupation: provides, protects, maintains, Nurtures
Occupational balance -chistiansen
the satisfactory organization of one’s day
Occupational Balance - Backman –> 2004 4 points
- Self-defined and individualized
- work-life equilibrium
- most people desire occupations from each category
- Also are most satisfied with their own perception of balance
Evolving Perspectives (occupational Balance )
- Characteristics of occupations matters
- -> variety
- ->challenge
- -> meaning
- -> social connection
- Persoal perception of balance and satisfaction, is key
Risk Factor for Occupational Dysfunction (stress) ( 5 points)
- Stress and perceived control can impact the link between health and occupation
- Low job control with high demands is detrimental to health
- stress can result from over-occupation
- conflicting work and family demands
- under-occupational can also be stressful
Occupational Imbalance
“a disproportion of occupation resulting in decreased well-being –> Wilcock
- Removal of occupation increases stress, physiological changes and decreased health
- over-occupation can result in burn-out
Occupational Balance Questions 6
-when have you felt most balanced?
Least Balanced ?
What changes have you made to maintain your balance?
What might OT’s do with clients who have:
–> imbalance because of too many demands
–> imbalance because of boredom
Client-centred Practice
demonstrate concerns for clients, involve clients in decision-making, advocate with and for clients’ needs, and otherwise recognize clients’ experience and knowledge
cultural competence
is a set of congruent behaviours, attitudes and policies that come together ina system, agency, or among professionals to work effectively in cross-cultural situation
Health Council of Canada ( health of aboriginals)
-well documented that many underlying factors negatively affect the health of Aboriginal people in Canada, including poverty and the intergeneration a effects of colonization and residential schools
one barrier to good health lies squarely in the lap of the health-care system itself. Many Aboriginal people don’t use mainstream health care services because they don’t feel safe from stereotyping and racism and because the Western approach to health care can feel alienating and intimidating
Cultural Safety
what is felt or experienced by a patient when a health care provider communicates with the patient in a respectful, inclusive way, empowers the patient in decision-making .and builds a health care relationship where the patient and provider work together as a team to ensure maximum effectiveness of care. Culturally safe encounters require that health care providers treat patients with the understanding that not al individuals in a group act the same way or have the same beliefs
Cultural Safety in Action (4 points)
- recognize the inhererent power imbalance in health care
- respect nationality, culture, age, sex, gender and sexual orientation, political and religious beliefs
- reinforce the idea that each person’s knowledge and reality is valid and valuable
- recognize the healthcare professional as the bearer of his or her own culture and attitudes
- acknowledge the history, contributions and wisdom of social groups, as in example of Aboriginal traditional knowledge and medicine practices
Key Components of Aboriginal Cultural Safety in practice: (5 points)
- educating yourself on the colonial narrative
- self reflecting
- shifting power imbalances
- level of cultural safety defined by recipient of care
- commitment to life-long learning
Meaning
our search for uniqueness and self-hood with our search for community and belonging
Motivation
a natural human process for directing energy to accomplish a goal
Meaningful Occupations
occupation that have personal and social significance importance and value
Meaning through Occupational Engagement (4 points)
-to be occupied to participate
-focus on the experiental and meaning-related dimensions of occupation
Meaning is experiences and draws knowledge from real world experiences (–>experience
Meaning From Everyday Occupations
For participation to be meaningful, it must offer the opportunity to: 11 points
- become better at something (accomplishment)
- connect to others (belonging)
- Express self, talents, interests
- exercise agency and authority
- Appreciate beauty and experience joy
- connect to something larger than yourself
- rest, reflect, relax
- care and be good to oneself
- care for others and be cared for
- contribute to family, community, society
- prosper socially and economically
Loss of Alteration of meaning (4 points)
- Experiences of illness and disability may alter meaning
- mismatch in opportunities can lead to a sense of meaninglessness (occupational alienation)
- meaninglessness linked to boredom, apathy, loss of direction
- resulting “inertia” can have health consequences
Flow Theory
-a peak experience of immersion in activity with leading to pleasurable emotions
Applying flow to OT: (3 points)
- Provide environments that foster flow
- Help clients identify activities and learn to engage
- Build on client interests, strengths, skills and positive experiences
FLow Theory (flow pattern)
open enviro –> change to engage –> reflect on experience
Engagement in Meaningful Activities survey Purpose: Population Age Range: Requirement:
Purpose: to identify the extent to which a person is engaged in subjectively defined meaningful activity
Population: Any
Age Range: Adults 18+
Requirement: Need to read/understand the questions
Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey (EMAS)
* look at the 12 questions in slide 12 lecture 4
Scoring : (3 points)
-scoring is conducted by summing the responses (ranging from 1= Rarely to 4= Always) of the 12 EMAS items for a possible score range of 12-48
-Persons may be classified as perceiving the meaningfulness of their activities as being either low (EMAS <29), moderate (EMAS 29-41) or high (EMAS >41)
-STandard deviations for EMAS include:
college students 33.4 (5.80)
Post 9/11 veterans with disabilities in post-secondary education 29.7 (7.7)
community-dwelling older adults 36.4 (6.2)
Meaning-focused Occupational Analysis (4 points)
- going beyond “performance” aspects of occupations
- Get curious about client experiences, even in mundane daily activities
- Explore interpersonal elements and context
- Examine barriers and facilitators to participation
What about lack of drive or Drive for things that cause harm examples:
not completing self-care -not exercising -not eating Problem Gambling -Substance Misuse -Overeating
Theories of Motivation: (3)
Biological
Psychological
Social
Biological theory (repeat) What is the three-way link between occupation, health and survival
Survival: Primary Human Drive
Health: Biological Needs Met
Occupation: provides, protects, maintains, nurtures
Psychological Theory (3 points)
- External environment interacts with psychological and emotional processes
- Drive to seek rewards and avoid punishment
- -> internal rewards include enjoyment, interest, pride (flow)
- -> goals and life tasks need meaning
Social Theory (4 points)
- Position within broader culture and society
- love, belonging, friendship, self-esteem
- social structures may enable to constrain motivation
- Environmental Context is important
Strength-Based Approach
Attend to evidence of interests and meaning in the environment
- understand past interests and activities
- Prompt and listen to stories about life events and activities
- Talk about current events
- learn about cultural influences
- Observe interactions with the environment
Practice Principles (arrow with 5 points)
engage in “doing” –>Address challenges –> range of experiences –> psycho-education –> Raise the profile
Transtheoretical Model of Change (circle 5 points)
Precontemplation-contemplation-preparation-action-maintenance
Readiness Ruler: Purpose: Population Age Range: Requirement:
Purpose: to measure a person’s subjective readiness for change
Population: any
Age Range: teens and adults
Requirement: need to read/understand the questions
Readiness ruler
* remember to look at it
slide 26
scoring breakdown
-not ready (0 to 3)
-unsure (4 to 7)
Ready to change (8 to 10 )
Readiness for change activity:
3 points
think about a behavioural change you think about making, but haven’t been successful with yet
-complete the readiness Ruler
-Answer these questions
why are you at your current score and not zero
-what would it take to move to a higher score
-What has made this change important to you so far
Case Study: Lt. Dan Taylor
Questions
Talk about this one
- What occupation did Lt. Dan previously find meaningful
2. What level of motivation did he previously experience?
3. What’s missing today?
4. What Specific skills/techniques will you use to engage him in finding new meaning and increase his motivation
Spiritual Occupations
Religion and Spirituality
Religion: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes and practices
Spirituality: the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose, the way they experience connectedness to the moment, to others, to the self, to nature, and to the significant or sacred
Spiritual Occupations (5)
-Creative occupations
-Nature
-Social Participation
-Mindfulness and reflection
formal religious practices
Creative occupations
Drawing, Painting, playing music, singing, writing poetry, dancing,
Nature
-Hiking, camping, sailing, swimming, gardening, star-gazing
Social Participation
-Attending religious service or event, support group, mentoring
Mindfulness and reflection
-meditation, journaling, gratitude, yoga
Formal religous practices
-worship, prayer, rituals, holy days
Assessment Questions of Enabling Spiritual Occupations
-Are there spiritual activities that are important to you?
What are they?
What helps you most when times are difficult?
-Would you like to tell me more
FICA
Faith and belief (what gives you life meaning)
-Importance (how important is this)
Community (belonging to social or religious groups)
-Address in care (how would the person prefer their beliefs be addressed in care)
Spiritual Intervention 2 points
- Be aware of your own beliefs and biases to ensure cultural sensitivity
- consider level of connection and experience with spiritual occupations
- -> e.g Client wants to use meditative practices to cope with stress. Have they tried this before? What context are they interested in? Alone with an app? Join a meditation class? go to church?
Spiritual Occupation Intervention Examples
PEO
-Person-level: social skills training to increase social participation
Environment-level: work with faith community to enhance inclusion of people with disabilities
Occupational-level-Adapt the level of participation, start solo before moving to group
Lt Dan’s Journey (discuss)
How could you assess Dan’s spirituality
What intervention would you add to complement your previous efforts in meaning and motivation
Evolution of Psychosocial Practice: 3
Arts and Crafts movement -Late 19th century Settlement house movement Late 19th Century -Mental Hygiene movement -Late 19th to Early 20th Century