Browsing Occupational Therapy by Author "Hess-April, Lucia"
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Curriculum transformation: a proposed route to reflect a political consciousness in occupational therapy education
De Jongh, Jo-Celene; Hess-April, Lucia; Wegner, Lisa (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2012)Introduction: Curriculum review is an ongoing, dynamic, long-term process that forms part of occupational therapy education. The Department of Occupational Therapy, University of the Western Cape (UWC) recently responded ... -
Exploring occupational therapy graduates’ conceptualisations of occupational justice in practice: Curriculum implications
Hess-April, Lucia; Smith, Juliana; De Jongh, Jo-Celene (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)BACKGROUND. The concept of occupational justice was derived from a social justice perspective in response to a renewed commitment by the occupational therapy profession to address the occupational needs of individuals, ... -
Occupation-based practice in a tertiary hospital setting: occupational therapists’ perceptions and experiences
Hess-April, Lucia; Dennis, Lynique; Ganas, Nicolette; Phiri, Lungelo; Phoshoko, Pumza (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2017)Occupation-based practice is an important feature of occupational therapy. There is however limited research regarding occupational therapists’ experiences with occupation-based practice. This study aimed to explore ... -
A situational mapping overview of training programmes for community-based rehabilitation workers in Southern Africa: strategies for strengthening accessible rural rehabilitation practice
Hess-April, Lucia; Ned, Lieketseng; Tiwari, Ritika (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)In 2018, the United Nations global report showed that people with disabilities, who make up 15% of the worlds’ population, have poorer health and rehabilitation access (SDG 3). Without improving the needed person-centered ... -
Understandings and practices: Towards socially responsive curricula for the health professions
Hansen, Anthea; Engel-Hills, Penelope; Hess-April, Lucia (Springer, 2023)Global health inequities have created an urgency for health professions education to transition towards responsive and contextually relevant curricula. Such transformation and renewal processes hold significant implications ...