Sexuality and intimacy occupations are often considered valued life occupations by individuals and communities and can contribute to quality of life and relationship satisfaction (Diamond & Huebner, 2012; McGrath & Lynch, 2014; Sakellariou & Algado, 2006; Smith et al., 2011). Sexuality and intimacy occupations have the potential to play either enriching or detrimental roles in individuals lived experiences, which supports the notion that healthcare providers must be prepared to address these topics in practice (Collins et al., 2017; Deering et al., 2014; Diamond & Huebner, 2012; Espelage, Basile, Rue, & Hamburger, 2015; Papp, Erchull, Liss, Waaland-Kreutzer, & Godfrey, 2017; Smith et al., 2011). Despite the potentially powerful impact of sexuality and intimacy occupations on quality of life, there is a lackluster response to prioritize these occupations among occupational therapy (OT) clinicians and in OT curricula (Dyer & Nair, 2013; Hattjar, Parker, & Lappa, 2008; McGrath & Lynch, 2014; McGrath & Sakellariou, 2015). This doctoral project (1) identifies restrictive factors which enable OT professionals’ hesitancy to include sexuality and intimacy into scholarly, academic, and clinical practices, (2) identifies solutions informed by dissemination and implementation sciences to dismantle institutional and clinician level restrictions and enable clinical adoption, (3) analyzes available literature related to best practices in marketing, dissemination and implementation, and sexuality education for healthcare providers and (4) conducts a program evaluation of the Institute for Sex, Intimacy and Occupational TherapyLLC. Summative and formative results suggest that ISIOTLLC was successful in (1) generating enthusiasm for the brand and learning products, (2) conducting webinars which influenced clinical adoption, (3) building a coalition of advocates to promote institutional change, and (4) building credibility of the author as a subject matter expert on sexuality and intimacy within the OT profession. The project results will contribute to the profession by equipping OT professionals with a guide for including sexuality and intimacy into their academic or clinical practice. Enhancing clinical adoption of sexuality and intimacy into OT practice will improve the quality of life of the individuals, communities, and populations the profession serves. / 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/36924 |
| Date | 19 June 2019 |
| Creators | Ellis, Kathryn Marie |
| Contributors | Yinua-Nyahkoon, Leanne |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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