occupational justice: barriers to participation and access of services

restriction happens when?

1) through deliberate actions 2) through taken-for-granted social exclusion from participation 3) any stage across lifespan 4) for occupations typical of the age and gender in that community

5 barriers to implementing occupational justice

1.Multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams include members with different values, beliefs, and practice methods 2.Some team members may view justice as outside their scope of practice. 3.Skill-based job descriptions 4.Restrictive healthcare policies 5.Funding limitations

United Nations on rights: human rights

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status.

human rights include?

Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more.

Occupational apartheid:

Occurs in situations where opportunities for occupation are afforded to some individuals and restricted to others based on personal characteristics such as race, disability, gender, age, nationality, religion, social status, sexuality and so on

t/ f OTs have the knowledge and skills to support persons who experience barriers to participation in occupation.

TRUE

t/f occupational justice can be used as a frame of reference ?

TRUE

t/f you cannot take away rights because based on decisions they make

TRUE

t/f Humans are occupational beings who need and want to engage in doing, being, becoming, and belonging?

TRUE being, becoming, belonging have significance (we cant stop at being, need to get to belonging)

why do we need occupational justice ?

The human species needs and wants to engage in occupations for survival, to connect with others, and to build communities. Occupation, like air, food, and water, is necessary for humans. Humans and societies would advance toward an occupationally-just world by defining human rights to include participation in occupations

WHO on health as a human right

The right to health includes freedoms and entitlements: "Freedoms include the right to control one's health and body (e.g. sexual and reproductive rights) and to be free from interference (for example, free from torture and non-consensual medical treatment and experimentation).

occupational justice

a justice to recognize occupational rights regardless of age, ability, gender, social class, or other differences

Occupational deprivation

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

OTs have a role and responsibility to

a) develop and synthesize knowledge to support participation b) to identify and raise issues of occupational barriers and injustices; and c) to work with groups, communities and societies to enhance participation in occupation for all persons."

Occupational imbalance

excessive time spent occupied in one area of life at the expense of other areas ex: individuals spending an overabundance of time in paid employment at the expense of family time

Occupational marginalization

exclusion from participation in occupations based on 'invisible' norms and expectations about who should participate in what occupations, how, when, where and why... persons are not restricted because of explicit laws, social policy or religious edicts, but rather by habits, traditions and unexamined expectations of behavior

What are entitlements?

include the right to a system of health protection that gives everyone an equal opportunity to enjoy the highest attainable level of health. entitlement= equality/ equal opportunity

occupational injustice

is an outcome of social policies and other forms of governance that structure how power is exerted to restrict participation in the everyday occupations of populations and individuals

Occupational alienation

prolonged experience of disconnectedness, isolation, emptiness, lack of a sense of identity, a limited or confined expression of spirit, or a sense of meaninglessness in relation to limited (or forced) participation in occupations viewed as meaningless or purposeless

Occupational right

refers to the right of all people to engage in meaningful occupations that contribute positively to their own well-being and the wellbeing of their communities

what are freedoms

rights to control health and body- no one should force you into decisions about yourself

The governance of societies is typically?

structured so that some people experience social inclusion, privilege, and entitlement to choose what they do, while others experience social exclusion and restrictions, such as deprivation of full participation in everyday occupations

what is occupational rights?

things we NEED, self care, social, work, etc they are all wants and needs as human beings if these are taken away then it leads to occupational injustice

t/f occupation is needed for survival

true- keeps our mental status