Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications

Mali is one of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited infrastructure renders access to health care difficult. There is a need to establish functional ways to improve Malian people’s health and treat disability. From this point of view, our project aims to implement a remote occupationa...

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Autores principales: Estíbaliz Jiménez-Arberas, Luis-Javier Márquez-Álvarez, Isabel Fernández-Méndez, María-Luisa Ruiz-Fernández
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/46302448ace04b889232ef9ebcf158e6
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Sumario:Mali is one of the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited infrastructure renders access to health care difficult. There is a need to establish functional ways to improve Malian people’s health and treat disability. From this point of view, our project aims to implement a remote occupational therapy service for the beneficiaries of the Kalana clinic in Mali through international cooperation. Using a spiral iterative model, a proposal for a remote occupational therapy service was developed and refined for a multidisciplinary context. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) was used as a means to work from a multidisciplinary approach to treat all needs. The results are exemplified with a case report and qualitative impressions of the services.