Collective dimensions of occupational therapy actions

• Grant number: 17/22484-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: July 23, 2018
• End date: April 23, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano
• Grantee: Ana Paula Serrata Malfitano
• Host Investigator: Matthew Molineux
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

Abstract

The present proposal for Visiting Researcher Program (BPE) is based on the project "Collective dimensions of Occupational Therapy actions ", to be developed at Griffith University, Australia, from July/2018 to March/2019. The project is part of our research field of Social Occupational Therapy, in which the proponent carries out her investigations and academic supervisions in post-graduate Program. The proposal stems from previous research projects that point to the dimension of professional actions aimed at collectives as a field that demands greater depth and theoretical developments. It is proposed to study the epistemological bases of collective action in occupational therapy intervention, having the experiences of Brazilian social occupational therapy and practices in Australia as object of study. The following steps are planned: a) a bibliographic review; b) analysis of experiences in Social Occupational Therapy developed in Brazil; c) interviews with occupational therapists in Australia, specifically with who are involved in community/social practices, seeking to know the practices and the possibilities of collective action; d) survey of analytical categories. It is hoped to contribute with the discussion of professional actions aimed at the collective care, as well as to deepen academic partnerships for the Brazilian occupational therapy area in the international scope. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MALFITANO, ANA PAULA SERRATA; WHITEFORD, GAIL; MOLINEUX, MATTHEW. Transcending the individual: The promise and potential of collectivist approaches in occupational therapy. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, NOV 2019. (17/22484-0)

LAURA IRVINE-BROWN; AMELIA DI TOMMASO; ANA PAULA SERRATA MALFITANO; MATTHEW MOLINEUX. Experiências de formação em terapia ocupacional: contextos, comunidades e terapia ocupacional social. CADERNOS BRASILEIROS DE TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, v. 28, n. 1, p. 330-342, 2020-03-02. (17/22484-0)

MALFITANO, ANA PAULA SERRATA; WHITEFORD, GAIL; MOLINEUX, MATTHEW. Transcending the individual: The promise and potential of collectivist approaches in occupational therapy. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, v. 28, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2019-11-26. (17/22484-0)