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W12: Concepts of Justice and Human Rights in Occupational Science Flashcards

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When did the concept development of occupational justice begin?

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1990s

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What was the concept development for occupational justice motivated by?

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motivated by vision for ‘occupational just world’

  • described as a world that ‘would be governed in a way that enables individuals to flourish by doing what they decide is most meaningful and useful to themselves and to their families, communities, and nations’ (Christiansen & Townsend, 2010)
  • challenges to acting on this vision include limited amount of resources, and sustainability
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What are the 3 key considerations of occupational justice?

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  • individuals are different and have different needs – needs expressed through daily occupations; humans need and want to engage in a variety of occupations
  • humans are social beings – occupations embedded within a social context where people are interdependent
  • individual differences require a justice based on enablement
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What are the 3 key beliefs of occupational justice?

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  • humans are occupational beings
  • humans participate in occupations as autonomous agents – should not be forced into doing something they do not want to do, will not be beneficial for them
  • occupational participation is interdependent and contextual, and a determinant of health and quality of life
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What are the 4 key principles of occupational justice?

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  • empowerment through occupation – OT should not be telling client what to do and what is best for them, and instead should collaborate with client to identify pros/cons and what they want/need
  • inclusive classification of occupations – need to think more broadly about what occupations people define as meaningful
  • enablement of occupational potential
  • diversity, inclusion, and shared advantage in occupational participation
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the 2 types of factors?

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  • structural factors
  • contextual factors
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the 2 levels of structural factors?

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  • underlying occupational determinants
  • occupational instruments of programs (occupational forms)
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What is the 1 level of contextual factors?

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  • personal, historical, and spatial contexts
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the underlying occupational determinants? (4)

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the large contextual factors that shape things at the social level – out of your control as a citizen

  • types of economy
  • regional, national, international policies
  • values underlying policy
  • cultural values
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What do occupational determinants shape?

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shape occupational forms

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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the personal, historical, and spatial contexts? (10)

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  • age
  • gender
  • sexual preference
  • income/wealth
  • ability/disability
  • ethnicity
  • religion
  • national origin
  • political beliefs
  • homelessness
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the 3 types of occupational outcomes?

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  • occupational rights
  • dis-ease
  • injustices
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the occupational rights? (4)

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  • meaning: right to experience occupation as meaningful and enriching
  • participation: right to develop through participation in occupations for health and social inclusion
  • choice: right to exert individual/population autonomy through choice in occupations, should not be forced to do something you do not want to do
  • balance: right to benefit from fair privileges for diverse participation in occupation
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Factors Linked to Occupational Justice

What are the occupational injustices? (4)

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  • occupational imbalance
  • occupational deprivation
  • occupational marginalization
  • occupational alienation
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What is occupational deprivation?

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a state of prolonged preclusion from engagement in occupations of necessity and/or meaning due to factors which stand outside of the control of the individual

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Occupational Deprivation

What are 4 main causes of occupational deprivation?

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  • geographic isolation
  • incarceration
  • extreme employment conditions
  • refugeeism
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Occupational Deprivation

Geographic Isolation

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  • largely related to environmental conditions – distance and/or inaccessibility
  • limited social interaction
  • lack of resources and occupational opportunities
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Occupational Deprivation

Incarceration

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  • characterized by the deprivation of liberty
  • limited opportunities for occupation and differentiation of routine
  • can have severe consequences (ie. psychosis, suicide, rioting)
  • boredom
  • any place where people do not have freedom of mobility or choice creates injustice to forms of deprivation
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Occupational Deprivation

Extreme Employment Conditions

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  • unemployment, underemployment, overemployment
  • influences of technologies, economies, policies, and demographics
  • contributes to occupational imbalance and a form of occupational deprivation – deprivation comes from lack of range of occupations to engage in
  • asylum seekers are prohibited from working legally – instead work in informal economy without documentation, where this is lots of potential for abuse, poor working conditions, overworking
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Occupational Deprivation

Refugeeism

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(forced displacement of refugees)

  • physical and social dislocation from familiar environments
  • uncertainty due a number of factors – transitory and temporary living facilities, and potential differences in language, religion, culture of host societies
  • people become refugees because of their situation – NOT born as a refugee
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Participatory Occupational Justice Framework Process

What does the framework consist of?

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collaborative enabling process:

  • raise consciousness of occupational injustice
  • engage collaboratively with partners
  • mediate agreement on a plan
  • strategize resource funding
  • support implementation and continuous evaluation
  • inspire advocacy for sustainability or closure
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Participatory Occupational Justice Framework Process

What is this framework?

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first framework looked at what contributes to occupational justice

  • some people are more likely to experience occupational justice/injustice
  • now working on what we could possibly do about these issues – continuing evaluation AND relationships; how do we make this program sustainable in the community
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(Sassen et al., 2018) Women’s experiences of informal street trading and well-being in Cape Town, South Africa

What are the concepts of this article?

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  • importance of studying (gendered) informal and survivalist occupations
  • focuses on capabilities
  • structural things outside of individuals’ control
  • informal occupations are becoming increasingly technology-driven – digital literacy, access to technology, setting up website store
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(Sassen et al., 2018) Women’s experiences of informal street trading and well-being in Cape Town, South Africa

What are thematic findings of this article?

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togetherness – steering against the current toward a better life

  • taking the helm
  • facing tough conditions
  • we’re in the same boat

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