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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.
Participación social en salud: un campo fértil para la intervención de la terapia ocupacional
Abstract
Occupational Therapy has traditionally concentrated on individual health interventions, instead of using a public health approach to Occupational Therapy health problems. Peoples, families and community needs have changed overtime, therefore Occupational Therapy actions must readjust itself to these changes and incorporate community participation models to enhance the efflciency and scope of its a interventions. This paper concentrates in the advantages of introducing community participation models to Occupational Therapy actions, and the main obstacles for changing the traditional approaches. The paper also concentrates on the challenges Occupational Therapy has in this field of public health action.
