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ArticleWork (Reading, Mass.)2021

Mapping the occupational therapy workforce research worldwide: Study protocol for a scoping review.

Tiago S Jesus, Claudia von Zweck, Karthik Mani, Suresh Kamalakannan, Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, Ritchard Ledgerd, World Federation of Occupational Therapists

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Article in Work (Reading, Mass.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The Global Status of Occupational Therapy Workforce Research Worldwide: A Scoping Review.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2023
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  3. Quality of Occupational Therapy Research in India - A Descriptive Review.The Indian journal of occupational therapy · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Tiago S JesusGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) and WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Policy and Planning, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - NOVA University of Lisbon (IHMT-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal.
Claudia von ZweckWorld Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), Geneva, Switzerland.
Karthik ManiDepartment of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX, USA.
Suresh KamalakannanPublic Health Foundation of India (PHFI), South Asia Centre for Disability Inclusive Development and Research (SACDIR), Indian Institute of Public Health - Hyderabad (IIPH-H), Hyderabad, India.
Sutanuka BhattacharjyaDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Ritchard LedgerdWorld Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), Geneva, Switzerland.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/CPHE/16/1/502650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuman Resources for Health (HRH) research informs the development of evidence-based, population-centered HRH policies and practices. Occupational therapists are key human resources for meeting the health, rehabilitation, and occupational needs of the population worldwide. Yet, the global status of the occupational therapy workforce research remains unchartered.

objectivesThis study protocol depicts the methods to map out and synthesize the occupational therapy workforce research worldwide.

methodsSix scientific-literature databases and key international institutional websites will be systematically searched, complemented by snowballing searches and recommendations from key global, regional, or national representatives of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Two independent reviewers will screen titles-and-abstracts and then full-texts against the eligibility criteria, e.g., 10 categories of workforce research. Educational research, non-empirical papers, and papers (or their summaries) not available in English, Spanish or Portuguese are excluded. Data extraction (e.g., methods, geographies, aims, key findings) will be conducted by one author and fully verified by another. The extracted data will be computed as well as subject to content analysis to provide quantitative map of the literature and of the contents addressed, e.g., per inclusion category.

conclusionThe results of this review can inform wide consultation processes and strategic, concerted local and global developments of the occupational therapy workforce.

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Occupational TherapyHumansOccupational TherapistsScoping Reviews as TopicWorkforceHealth personnelhuman resources for healthoccupational therapists

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PMCPMC7612721

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