Research in occupational therapy
Short description
Research in occupational therapy and occupational science focuses on a sense of belonging and engagement or particiation in everyday life, shaped by habits, routines, environments, and social contexts. Research addresses human doing and being across the life course and spans levels from individual experiences to social conditions.
Work, Health, and Everyday Life
The research area focuses on occupation and health in relation to work and return-to-work processes. Within this area, occupational therapy and health-promoting interventions are developed and studied to support sustainable working life and enhance everyday well-being. The area also encompasses research on educational initiatives aimed at facilitating the implementation and long‑term maintenance of these interventions. The research spans multiple target groups, involves diverse stakeholders, and encompasses knowledge about how work environment, leadership, and work engagement can contribute to preventing ill health and promoting health to enable work.
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Aging and Health in Everyday life
The research area focuses on aging and health in relation to everyday occupation. Keywords that inform research in this area include aging, frailty, capability, co-creation, and occupation. Within this area researchers are engaging in scholarship to study support of ageing well in ordinary housing and in in residential care settings.
Research partners
Centre for a dementia-friendly society with a person-centred mindset - DEMSAM
Centre for Person-centred Care - GPCC
Äldre samt vård- och omsorgsförvaltningen, Göteborgs stad
Swinburne university of technology
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Children and adults with congenital or early-acquired disabilities
The focus of the research is on various aspects of activity in children and adults with disabilities, either congenital or acquired during childhood and adolescence. The research is based on a person-centred perspective and aims to increase understanding of the group’s life situation, as well as to improve opportunities for self-determination, independence, and participation in different areas of life and in society. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are employed, and the research is conducted through clinical studies, cross-sectional studies, intervention studies, and instrument development.
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