ArticleAustralian occupational therapy journal2026
Occupational Justice PLUS: From theoretical salience to practical application-An analysis of community narratives from a bushfire event.
Article in Australian occupational therapy journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionEmerging scholarship highlights the dominance of Western epistemologies in disaster research, limiting diversity and participation in knowledge production. The occupational therapy profession faces similar critiques of epistemic and hegemonic blind spots, prompting calls for critical reflection on professional assumptions. Drawing on narratives and guided by Whiteford's Occupational Justice PLUS model, we explore how learnings from community members' responses to a bushfire event could broaden our understanding of occupational, epistemic, and hermeneutic justice in the context of disasters and, more broadly, other injustices.
methodsThis qualitative study used a phenomenological hermeneutical approach to explore narratives of disaster recovery. Data included a written narrative from 'Doing Our Best' and the film 'We Are Conjola'. Analysis followed Lindseth and Norberg's three-step process: naïve reading, structural analysis of themes, and comprehensive interpretation informed by literature and theories.
findingsFindings revealed interconnected injustices. Occupational injustice arose from restricted access to resources during bushfire response and recovery, with community-led initiatives critical to restoring occupational justice. Epistemic injustice was evident in government disregard for climate science and Indigenous knowledge, compounded by media erasure, prompting the community to create its own narrative through film. Hermeneutic injustice occurred when aspects of social identity were obscured from collective understanding; residents responded through artistic expression to reclaim identity, share lived experience, and communicate systemic failures. DISCUSSION: Community-driven action addressed occupational, epistemic, and hermeneutic injustices following the Conjola bushfire. These findings highlight the relevance of the Occupational Justice PLUS model for disaster contexts, emphasising the need for occupational therapists to adopt critical, justice-oriented approaches that privilege community voice and foster community-led action in disaster recovery and knowledge creation.
conclusionAdvocacy for community voice and future research on applying the Occupational Justice PLUS model are essential to support inclusive, community-driven recovery and strengthen knowledge creation in disaster contexts.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.