Purpose

Permit occupational therapists and students to communicate, collaborate, support each other and share their experiences, expertise and opportunities in global health and social inclusion.

Objectives

  • To develop an online platform to share resources, tools and information related to global health and occupational therapy.

  • Advance the promotion of occupational therapy with all populations, with respect to the quality of practice, ethics, understanding of the cultural, social, economic and political issues related to different contexts and countries, and the sustainability of actions and changes.

  • Enable knowledge development, improved practice in global health and integration of learnings into occupational therapist’s everyday work and formation.

  • To develop reciprocal alliances and partnerships between occupational therapists and relevant organizations interested in global health.

  • Mentor and educate clinicians and students wanting to participate to missions and build partnership in global health context to do so with respect of the approaches promoted by the WHO and the WFOT, in order to bring sustainable change, empower communities and people, to work respectfully with the local communities and consistent with the needs of the populations and individuals.

Chair

Soëla Bandaly

Join us!

If you wish to become a member, send us an email at networks@caot.ca.

If you have experiences abroad that you'd like to share at presentations, our practice network is always looking for speakers. Please contact networks@caot.ca to register your interest.

Useful resources

Organizations/websites

Documents, guidelines, books and articles

  • Cieza, A., Causey, K., Kamenov, K., Hanson, S. W., Chatterji, S., & Vos, T. (2020). Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10267), 2006-2017.

  •  Grandisson, M., Thibeault, R., Hébert, M., & Templeton, A. (2014). Community-based rehabilitation programme evaluations: learned in the field. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development, 25(1), 55-71.

  • Hammell, K. W. (2019). Building globally relevant occupational therapy from the strength of our diversity. WFOT Bulletin, 75(1), 13–26. https://doi-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/10.1080/14473828.2018.1529480

  • Hébert M.  & Thibeault, R. ​(2011). Community-based rehabilitation. Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy-E-BOOK, 233.

  • Karen Whalley Hammell. (2020). Action on the social determinants of health: Advancing occupational equity and occupational rights. Brazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy / Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 28(1), 378–400. https://doi-org.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/10.4322/2526-8910.ctoARF2052

  • Nancy Rushford & Kerry Thomas (2016) Occupational stewardship: Advancing a vision of occupational justice and sustainability, Journal of Occupational Science, 23:3, 295-307, DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2016.1174954 

  • Field handbook on Early Rehabilitation in Conflicts and Disasters. Retrieved from: https://hi.org/sn_uploads/document/36199-Humanity-- Inclusion-Clinical-Handbook-web_1.pdf   

  • Sakellariou, D., & Pollard, N. (2016). Occupational Therapies Without Borders E-Book: Integrating Justice with Practice. Elsevier. 

  • Rushford, N., & Thomas, K. (Eds.). (2015). Disaster and development: An occupational perspective. Elsevier Health Sciences. 

  • Thibeault, R. (2011). Rebuilding lives and societies through occupation in post-conflict areas and highly marginalized settings. Occupational Therapy without Boarders, 2, 155-162.

  • United Nations Development Programme (2020). Human Development Report 2020: The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. Retrieved http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/human-development-report-2020

  • World Health Organization. (2019). Rehabilitation 2030. Retrieved rom https://www.who.int/disabilities/care/rehab-2030/en/

  • World Health Organization (2016). WHO global disability action plan 2014-2021: better health for all people with disability. 2016. Retrieved http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254650/9789242509618-fre.pdf?sequence=1

  • World Health Organization (2011). World Report on Disability. Retrieved https://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en/ 

  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Position Statement : Global Health : Informing occupational therapy practice. 2014. Retrieved http://www.wfot.org/ResourceCentre.aspx

  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Position Statement : Systemic Racism. 2020. Retrieved https://wfot.org/wfot-statement-on-systemic-racism

  • World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Position Statement : Ethics, Sustainability and Global Experiences. 2016. Retrieved https://wfot.org/resources/ethics-sustainability-and-global-experiences 

  • World Health Organization (2018). Include: A Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) learning community. https://www.who.int/disabilities/include/en/