Handwriting is a complex occupation; it is an intricately coordinated symphony of skills and interactions. The success of a child’s handwriting is dependent on many factors and conditions. The concept of occupational justice implies, as a determinant of health and well-being, all children have the right to access sound handwriting instruction and if required, supportive services for therapeutic intervention. However, a number of school-aged children do not have access to sound handwriting instruction or therapeutic intervention. This is an occupational injustice. An integrative review of the occupational therapy literature was completed for the purposes of enhancing the understanding of handwriting in the school system. The Revised Framework of Occupational Justice was used to guide the analysis of the literature sources and identify the conditions contributing to an occupational injustice. The results of this review provided a comprehensive overview of handwriting and identified conditions leading to an occupational injustice in handwriting.

Background: Farming is an hazardous occupation. The underlying determinants of farm injury are not well understood among adolescent populations, particularly from a gender lens. Objectives: (1) To evaluate the association between gender and occupational health and safety practices reported for hazardous work among working adolescent farm children; and, (2) to evaluate the association between use of such practices and time to farm injury, and also whether such associations vary by gender. Methods: Survey data from an existing farm injury cohort were available for analysis. Occupational health and safety practices were: non-use of personal protective equipment, non-use of training and supervision for work with heavy equipment, non-use of training and supervision for work with large animals, and conduct of hazardous tasks. Logistic regression was used to examine associations between gender and use of safety practices, and Cox regression was used to examine relationships between occupational health and safety practices and time to first injury. Results: Girls reported increased odds for the non-use of personal protective equipment (adjusted OR 2.39 [95% CI: 1.16, 4.94]). There was no evidence of an association between gender and the conduct of hazardous tasks (adjusted OR 0.69 [95% CI: 0.28, 1.73]). Gender patterns surrounding non-use of training and supervision for work with equipment (adjusted OR 2.38 [95% CI: 0.53, 10.66]) and with animals (adjusted OR 1.52 [95% CI: 0.75, 3.06]) were not significant. Use of personal protective equipment (adjusted HR 1.25 [95% CI: 0.76, 2.06]) did not significantly reduce the risk of farm injury, neither did use of training and supervision during equipment work (HR 1.25 [95% CI: 0.69, 2.28]), nor during animal work (HR 1.06 [95% CI: 0.59, 1.92]), or the conduct of hazardous tasks (HR 1.04 [95% CI: 0.67, 1.63]). Further, there was no significant modification of these associations and injury by gender. Conclusions: Among adolescents, farm occupational health and safety practices appear to vary by gender. Girls on farms report fewer exposures to hazards, and receive less training and supervision and less use of personal protective equipment, consistent with assigned tasks. While gender appears to play a role in the assignment of farm tasks and occupational health and safety practices, these practices did not reduce the likelihood of subsequent injury. As well, the latter associations did not appear to vary by gender. A public health approach that recognizes gender as a determinant of hazardous farm exposures and associated occupational health and safety practices is needed. / Thesis (Master, Community Health & Epidemiology) -- Queen's University, 2010-09-19 19:25:41.479

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is increasingly in demand and utilized by the public, specifically by families and their children who are being cared for by current mainstream in-hospital services. Integrative medicine (IM) is a strategy by which conventional health care is attempting to address the use of CAM and explore considerations to implement a pediatric integrative medical (PIM) service. This study will add the otherwise unexplored perspectives of CAM practitioners and hospital administrators to current literature. Semi-structured interviews with 10 CAM practitioners and 4 administrators were conducted. A qualitative comparative content analysis explored considerations for CAM integration in a pediatric hospital, including varied attitudes; levels of understanding and experiences with CAM; communication between professionals; expectations; skepticism and resistance to change; gaining knowledge about CAM; opposing health care ideologies; adapting to different health care environments; funding; safety; redistribution of care; therapeutic milieu; and patient centered care. There is a reservation toward IM in pediatric hospitals, despite generally positive personal and professional experiences and attitudes towards CAM. The realities and challenges of IM are identified. Implications for inclusion of key stakeholder perspectives are discussed in the context of IM for pediatric patients. / Graduate

Thesis (Ph. D. in Psychology)--Vanderbilt University, Dec. 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Univ., 2004. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph.D. )--University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2007. / Title from title page screen (viewed on June 19, 2008). Research advisor: Bernd Meibohm, Ph.D. Document formatted into pages (xiv, 100 p. : ill.). Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-100).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, School of Nursing and Social Work, Dept. of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 175-183). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (M.Sc. (Pharmacy)) - Rhodes University, 2006.