Happy and healthy only if occupied? Perceptions of health sciences students on occupation in later life
| Autor: | Michelle Halligan, Alicia Reeves, Mona Madady, Aleksandra Zecevic, Lilian Magalhães |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Aging
Students Health Occupations Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Teaching method Happiness Context (language use) Empathy Compassion Motor Activity Developmental psychology Young Adult Life Expectancy Occupational Therapy Spirituality Photovoice Humans Social Behavior Aged media_common Ontario Health Health Occupations Life expectancy Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 57:17-23 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1630 0045-0766 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2009.00841.x |
| Popis: | Background/aim: In this study, we bring attention to the university education of health science students with respect to occupation in later life. Our goal was to provide descriptive data from narratives of a group of undergraduate students and initiate discussion about the place of occupation in the context of ageing to answer the following questions: (i) How young people perceive successful ageing in relation to occupation? and (ii) can spirituality-related activities be considered occupations in later life? Methods: Based on a thematic selection, the quality of photographs and reflective narratives, 60 Photovoice assignments created by health sciences students were analysed using content analysis. Results: The findings of this study indicate that students seem to neglect the benefits of ‘being’ through spiritual engagement, and instead emphasise the importance of ‘doing’, and perpetuate pervasive successful ageing discourses in Western societies. Conclusions: Occupational therapists have potential to take an active role in undergraduate health science education and to inform the development of holistic models that would include spirituality as an avenue to live late life to its fullest potential. Photovoice emerged as a powerful teaching method to increase awareness, empathy and compassion of young adults towards ageing. |
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