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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 89-95Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/11038128.2014.952911
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social participation; societal changes; occupational therapy; research; education
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There is growing attention to participation and social participation in literature and policy reports. Occupational therapists strongly believe that creating coherence between the person's occupations and environment will facilitate participation of each individual. Nowadays, societal developments such as health literacy and self-management, Web 2.0 social media, empowering communities, and Nothing About Us Without Us increase opportunities for people to interact on different levels of social participation. Social participation can be used as an outcome, though it can also be seen as a means to change society and to develop solutions for barriers experienced by people with chronic diseases or disabilities. Societal developments will have an impact on social participation in terms of supporting each other and contributing to society. Additionally, these changes will have a major influence on the way we educate, conduct research, and deliver occupational therapy practice.
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