Week 4- Environmental Factors that influence occupational performance

How is a person’s health related to their prevailing environment?

A consistent environment can impact an individual’s health negatively, so it is of high importance to ensure environments were people live are suitable for their health (I.e. ensuring a new suburb has proper sanitation systems in place)

All people are _____________ of their environment as well as their inherited constitution

Products

How do a person’s health related and their environment impact each other?

They both affect each other- a person will adjust to fit their environment or change the environment to fit their needs

When is health and well being achieved?

When all aspects of health are being met and working well together

Socio-political environment influences…

What people do

What people do influences either…

Healthy behavior, fitness, and appearance

Energy and vitality in work and relationships

If healthy behaviors, fitness, appearance, energy, and vitality in work and relationships are being met the person is…

A well working organism

Of someone is a well working organism they achieve…

Health and well-being

What was a landmark document that laid out a clear statement of action that continues to have resonance for health workers around the world?

The “charter”

What are the prerequisites of health determined by WHO

Peace

Shelter

Education

Food

Income

A stable eco-system

Sustainable resources

Social justice and equity

How did WHO define health promotion?

The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment.

What does occupational being refer to?

The concept that humans have an inherent need to engage in meaningful activities, or occupations, as a fundamental part of their identity and well-being

What is WFOT?

The world federation of occupational therapists

What was the health promotion definition put forward by WHO?

Centered on a balance regime of age-appropriate work-play activities for people prior to the advent of disease or disability

What is the WFOT stance on health promotion regarding OT’s role?

OT practice should follow the definition of health promotion and ensure client/community centered practice enriches the development of people’s physical, mental, emotional, social, and vocational abilities

What are the 4 key concepts of health promotion discourse?

The recognition of the limits of biomedicine, and its attendant influence on the health policies of nations.

The identification of the role of the physical, social, cultural, political, and economic environments in contributing to an individual’s or community’s state of health

Acknowledgement of the relationship between activity, productivity, and health

Valuing the process of empowerment in addressing health inequities has been central in the development of health promotion

What are the 5 ares of health promotion?

Build healthy public policy

Create supportive environments

Strengthen community action

Development personal skills

Reorient health services

_____________, __________, and ____________ are intimately connected

Occupation, health, wellness

What is occupational dysfunction?

A state where a person is unable to properly perform their daily activities, including work, leisure, self-care, and rest, leading to a negative experience related to engaging in everyday life occupations

What is occupational alienation?

A feeling of isolation, powerlessness, and lack of meaning or purpose experienced when engaged in an occupation that does not satisfy one’s inner needs

What does this phrase mean:

“Doing too much has grave attendant health risks and doing too little due to occupational dysfunction, alienation or deprivation is also a major threat to wellness of individuals and communities”

Their is a balance that must be upheld between occupation, health, and wellness to ensure a person has good health and well being

What is the PEOP model?

Occupational performance as the complex interactions between the person and the environments in which a person carries out activities, tasks, and roles that are meaningful or required of them

What are the environmental factors in the PEOP model?

Cultural environment

Social support

Social determinants and social capital

Health education and public policy (political context)

Physical and natural environment

Assistive technology

What are things the health policies have regarding physical environment?

The government has been involved in a variety of efforts to reduce environmental health hazards through public policies

What is the relationship of health policies and the sociocultural and economic environments?

Issues of social injustice include chronic unemployment, the absence of a supportive family structure, poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, violence, and despair which can affect the health of people as much as harmful viruses or pollution

Why is it important to know legislation?

Having knowledge of human rights and legislation is important for the OTP, because it enables the OT to be a resource for their client- whether this is an older adult or a person with a disability. The OT can assist patients by sharing information needed to negotiate with builders and government authorities about appropriate design solutions in public and private sectors.