Journal of Occupational Science
Volume 26, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 323-328

The current and future contribution of occupational therapy and occupational science to transforming the situation of forced migrants: Critical perspectives from a think tank (Article)

Trimboli C. , Rivas-Quarneti N.* , Blankvoort N. , Roosen I. , Simó Algado S. , Whiteford G.
  • a Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA, Australia
  • b University of A Coruña, Campus de Oza, Coruña, Spain, GLOMHI: Global Migration and Health Initiative, University of Toronto, Canada
  • c Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • d Hochschule für Gesundheit - University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany
  • e Universitat de Vic, Barcelona, Spain
  • f Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia

Abstract

This paper reports on the collective ideas of the occupational scientists and therapists who attended the “Refugees–Addressing Key Social Issues” think tank at the Occupational Science Conference held in Hildesheim (2017). Forced migration is recognized as a prevalent issue in today’s society. Forced migrants face many occupational challenges, which are being exacerbated by restrictive migration policies. This paper outlines the discussions held during the think tank and presents an occupational perspective of forced migrants’ needs, followed by a desired vision of what an occupationally just world would look like for forced migrants, and future directions to guide occupation-based social transformation. © 2019, © 2019 The Journal of Occupational Science Incorporated.

Author Keywords

Forced migration Occupational science Critical perspectives social transformation Occupational therapy

Index Keywords

scientist refugee occupational science Article Occupational Therapy human vision
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065543449&doi=10.1080%2f14427591.2019.1604408&partnerID=40&md5=0dfdf17e070a9104ea9713fb816165e9
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2019.1604408
ISSN: 14427591
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English