One of the first studies to use the Kawa Model in conjunction with an adapted version of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure - showing how models of occupational therapy can be used in combination, as well as adaptations that need to be made for the model to fit the context.
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Lived Experiences and Occupational Needs of Visually Challenged Adults in Malaysia
1. LIVED EXPERIENCES AND OCCUPATIONAL NEEDS OF
VISUALLY CHALLENGED ADULTS LIVING IN MALAYSIA
Teoh Jou Yin , Saraswathy Venkataraman, Siti Arbi Kamso (National University of Malaysia), Michael K. Iwama
(University of Toronto, Canada). Corresponding author: teoh.jouyin@gmail.com (Teoh Jou Yin)
Background Methodology Discussion
Occupational therapy
Little is known about the Methods:
practitioners should
lived experiences of visually Qualitative research based on
consider influence of:
challenged Malaysian narrative inquiry influenced by
adults. approaches in phenomenology •Life processes
and ethnography. • Activity Performance &
The role of occupational Participation
therapy in Malaysian visual Subjects: • Contexts
rehabilitation has yet to be Five (5) visually impaired • Internal & External
defined. Malaysian adults of various age, Influencing Factors
race and religious backgrounds • Concerns about obstacles
The lived experiences and who have already been through & challenges
occupational needs of the current system for visual • Past, present & future
Malaysian adults with visual rehabilitation. experiences
challenges are identified in References:
order to determine areas Location: Brickfields, Malaysia. Brace, M., Herriotts, P., Mccullagh, A., & Nzegwu, F. (2007). Why
research -- what research should be done?: report of a collaborative
where occupational therapy workshop in the UK to discuss social research priorities on visual
impairment. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 25(2): 178-189.
can potentially contribute. Instrumentation: Iwama, M. (2003) The issue is … Toward culturally relevant
- The Kawa Model epistemologies in occupational therapy. The American Journal of
Occupational Therapy, 57(5): 582-588
- The Canadian Model of Iwama, M. (2006) The Kawa Model; Culturally Relevant
http://facebook.com/KawaModel Occupational Therapy, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone-Elsevier
Occupational Performance / Press
@KawaModel Canadian Occupational Law, Mary; Polatajko, Helene; Pollock, Nancy; Mccoll, Mary Ann;
Carswell, A. B. (1994). Pilot Testing of the Canadian Occupational
http://slideshare.net/KawaModel Performance Measure Performance Measure: Clinical And Measurement Issues.
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61(4), 191-197.
