Effectiveness of CO-OP group intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder: single-case experimental design study protocol.

Introduction: With the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach, children with developmental coordination disorder learn to use a problem-solving strategy to deal with their motor difficulties and perform daily activities of their choice. Therapists use guided discovery to enable children to find their own solutions. Although CO-OP is recommended in a group setting, studies are needed to support its effectiveness.

Exploring Therapeutic Relationships in Pediatric Occupational Therapy: A Meta-Ethnography.

Developing strong therapeutic relationships with families is a crucial aspect of pediatric occupational therapy. However, building such relationships is complex as they involve multiple directions of interaction. To provide a thorough interpretation of children's, caregivers', and occupational therapists' experience of the therapeutic relationship.

Effectiveness of CO-OP Approach for Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To examine the scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach for children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs).

Data Sources: Selected articles published between January 2001 and September 2020 and listed in CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO on the EBSCO platform, or found searching with Scopus, Google Scholar, OTseekern Central Register of Controlled Trials in the Cochrane Library, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, Turning Research into Practice, and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. An update was performed in March 2022.

Development of preventive behavior at work: Description of occupational therapists' practice.

Background: Integrating more prevention interventions into different workplace settings as a component of the role of occupational therapists has a significant relevance recognized by the occupational therapy professional community. Even if some studies suggested that occupational therapists already provide prevention interventions, and that other studies showed the efficacy of such interventions, the literature does not offer a comprehensive understanding of the specific practice of occupational therapists engaging in prevention in workplace settings.

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe the practice of occupational therapists toward the development of preventive behaviour at work among their clients.

French transcultural validation of the Compliance with Safety Behavior Scale.

Background: Preventive behavior of workers is a major determinant of occupational health and safety performance of an organization. The measure of this concept is a challenge with French-speaking workers as there is no existing French validated tool.

Objective: The main objective of this research was to realize a French transcultural validation of the Compliance with Safety Behavior Scale (CSBS).

Preventive behaviour at work - A concept analysis.

Background: Preventive behaviour is a significant intervention target in order to promote health at work, but has never been discussed in an occupational perspective.

Aim: To clarify the concept of preventive behaviour at work.

Methods: The Walker and Avant (2011) method was used to conduct the study.

Accompanying citizen of persons with traumatic brain injury in a community integration project: An exploration of the role.

Background: The APIC (Citizen Accompaniment Project for Community Integration) is an innovative program that seeks to increase the community integration of people with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) by offering the support of an accompanying citizen (AC) in the accomplishment of significant life activities.

Objective: This article aims to better define the AC's role in this process, by underlining the mental health risks they face, the strategies they use, and the impacts the role has on their own lives.

Methods: This qualitative study is based on the analysis of interviews conducted with the AC following the first year of implementation.

Personalized citizen assistance for social participation (APIC): A promising intervention for increasing mobility, accomplishment of social activities and frequency of leisure activities in older adults having disabilities.

Background: Social participation, a determinant of health in older adults, requires innovative interventions. The personalised citizen assistance for social participation (APIC) involves weekly three-hour personalised stimulation sessions targeting significant social and leisure activities difficult to accomplish. Recently adapted for older adults, the APIC's impact on this population is unknown.

Implementation of interprofessional learning activities in a professional practicum: The emerging role of technology.

To prepare future healthcare professionals to collaborate effectively, many universities have developed interprofessional education programs (IPE). Till date, these programs have been mostly courses or clinical simulation experiences. Few attempts have been made to pursue IPE in healthcare clinical settings.

Identifying participation needs of people with acquired brain injury in the development of a collective community smart home.

Purpose: This study explored the personalized and collective participation needs of people with acquired brain injury (ABI) living in a future shared community smart home.

Methods: An action research study was conducted with 16 persons, seven with ABI, four caregivers and five rehabilitation or smart home healthcare providers. Twelve interviews and two focus groups were conducted, audiotaped, transcribed and analyzed for content.

[The Citizen Accompaniment Project for Community Integration for people with traumatic brain injury: a step towards resilience?].

Introduction: most people with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) live with physical, sensory, or psychological sequelae that affect their day-to-day functioning and prevent them from performing their regular activities.

Context: a Citizen Accompaniment for Community Integration project (APIC) was implemented for people with TBI to fulfill the lack of access to resources and gives them support to redefine their life projects.

Objectives: this study's aim is to evaluate the APIC's impacts on the participants' wellbeing and their ability to participate in recreational and day-to-day living activities.

[Citizen accompaniment for community integration : a challenge for mental health ?].

APIC (Citizen Accompaniment Project for Community Integration) offers support for the social integration of people living with traumatic brain injury. The accompanying citizen meets the person three hours a week for a period of a year in order to offer assistance in the accomplishment of his/her projects and activities. This role confronts the accompanying citizen with many challenges that may put their mental health at risk.

Innovating in teaching collaborative practice with a large student cohort at Université de Montréal.

Université de Montréal implemented an interprofessional education (IPE) curriculum on collaborative practice in a large cohort of students (>1,100) from 10 health sciences and psychosocial sciences training programs. It is made up of three one-credit undergraduate courses (CSS1900, CSS2900, CSS3900) spanning the first 3 years of training. The course content and activities aim for development of the six competency domains identified by the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative.

[Nursing in prison: inmates as patients].

There are very few studies investigating the work nurses do in prisons. Based on data stemming from a research in Psychodynamics of Work and a literature review, this paper describes nursing practices in a Canadian penitentiary institution. Three male nurses and two female nurses participated in three two-hour long focus group sessions.

[Retrospective study of a method of automobile driving evaluation in adult mental health].

Background: In adult mental health, there are few practice guidelines for occupational therapists with regards to the assessment of driving capacities.

Purpose: This article describes a clinical approach, with regards to driving assessments, in adult mental health.

Method: A retrospective study was completed from a chart review of clients seen in occupational therapy, between 1999 and 2004, in the psychiatric out-patient clinic of a university-affiliated hospital.

[Paradoxical situation in the organization of work: a threat for workers' mental health].

For the past decades, in a world of high competition, firms struggle to regain an advantage over foreign competition. Thus, new management trends, usually based on price reduction, high quality products and speed production are now part of strategic reorganization plans of high impact on work organization particularly in terms of large demands put on workers, and take a heavy toll on workers. Thus the incidence of mental health problems in the work place has risen sharply in recent years and currently counts as one of the leading causes of work absenteeism.