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
Materias:	international cooperation international agencies occupational therapy empowerment Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:46302448ace04b889232ef9ebcf158e62021-11-25T17:44:20ZDeveloping an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications10.3390/healthcare91114662227-9032https://doaj.org/article/46302448ace04b889232ef9ebcf158e62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/11/1466https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9032Mali 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.Estíbaliz Jiménez-ArberasLuis-Javier Márquez-ÁlvarezIsabel Fernández-MéndezMaría-Luisa Ruiz-FernándezMDPI AGarticleinternational cooperationinternational agenciesoccupational therapyempowermentMedicineRENHealthcare, Vol 9, Iss 1466, p 1466 (2021)
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spellingShingle	international cooperation international agencies occupational therapy empowerment Medicine R Estíbaliz Jiménez-Arberas Luis-Javier Márquez-Álvarez Isabel Fernández-Méndez María-Luisa Ruiz-Fernández Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications
description	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.
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title	Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications
title_short	Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications
title_full	Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications
title_fullStr	Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications
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Developing an International Occupational Therapy Service: Perspectives and Implications

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