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ReviewAmerican journal of lifestyle medicine2026

Bridging Occupational Therapy and Lifestyle Medicine: How OT Education Equips Future Practitioners.

Zipporah Brown, Heather Thomas, Amy Sadek, Shelly Norvell

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Review in American journal of lifestyle medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Zipporah BrownTransformative Wellness Solutions, Lake Oswego, OR, USA (ZB).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9890-2261
Heather ThomasOccupational Therapy Doctorate Program, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA, USA (HT).ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0511-708X
Amy SadekOccupational Therapy Doctoral Program, Hawai'i Pacific University, Graduate College of Health Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, USA (AS).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-2599
Shelly NorvellSchool of Occupational Therapy, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, USA (SN).ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4085-4401

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The continued burden of lifestyle-related chronic conditions poses a significant public health crisis in the United States. Occupational therapy (OT), with its foundational principles rooted in health promotion and prevention, is uniquely positioned to address this epidemic through the utilization of a complimentary therapeutic approach, lifestyle medicine (LM). This manuscript aims to illustrate OT as a key discipline for implementing LM and to demonstrate the integration of LM principles into OT curricula. By aligning LM principles with the 2023 Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) standards and using the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework - Fourth Edition (OTPF-4) as a guide, this paper provides a framework for equipping OT educators to prepare entry-level practitioners in addressing health promotion, chronic condition prevention, and health management. The incorporation of LM into OT education promotes a holistic, whole-person approach, in alignment with the origins of the profession and addresses the immediate need for equitable and sustainable health care strategies.

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accreditation standardscurriculum implementationgraduate educational programshealth promotionlifestyle medicineoccupational therapy

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PMID41684862
PMCPMC12890596

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