The role of occupational therapy in primary health care: perspectives from professors and students

Silva, Rodrigo Alves dos Santos; Nicolau, Stella Maris; Oliver, Fátima Corrêa

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Original Article • Cad. Bras. Ter. Ocup. 29 • 2021 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAO2214 copy

The role of occupational therapy in primary health care: perspectives from professors and students

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Abstract

The objective of this research was to understand how perspectives of Brazilian professors and students on the role of occupational therapy in Primary Health Care (PHC). This is an exploratory study with a qualitative methodology, data provided through semi-structured interviews with 17 documents and nine conversation circles with the participation of 67 students. The thematic analysis revealed two categories: 1 - The contributions of occupational therapy for Primary Health Care and 2 - The specific role of occupational therapy in Primary Health Care. The contributions and the role of occupational therapy encompass the provision of comprehensive care, the understanding of daily life, and the promotion of participation in activities in different areas of the lives of the people assisted. However, occupational therapy can still be further explored so that it is possible to systematize the most detailed and in-depth way as practices in PHC.

Keywords:
Health Human Resource Training; Unified Health System; Teaching

Faculty (Participant)	Gender	Age (Years old)	Post-graduation	Teaching time (years)
Professor 1	Female	47	Ph.D. in Preventive Medicine	1
Professor 2	Female	51	Ph.D. in Psychology	5
Professor 3	Female	32	Ph.D. in Public Health	<1
Professor 4	Female	36	Ph.D. in Public Health	10
Professor 5	Female	44	Ph.D. in Public Health	<1
Professor 6	Female	57	Ph.D. in Social Psychology	31
Professor 7	Female	53	Ph.D. in Public Health	29
Professor 8	Female	53	Ph.D. in Production Engineering	10
Professor 9	Female	35	Ph.D. in Education	2
Professor 10	Female	27	Ph.D. in Special Education	1
Professor 11	Female	32	Specialist in Education	6
Professor 12	Female	37	Specialist in Human Resource Management	7
Professor 13	Female	31	Specialist in Assistive Technology	3
Professor 14	Female	35	Master in Health Psychology	2
Professor 15	Female	53	Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education	17
Professor 16	Female	29	Master in Public Health	1
Professor 17	Female	57	Ph.D. in Medicine	13

Conversation Circle	Gender (Participants)	Average age of students
Conversation Circle 1	7 women	23 years old
Conversation Circle 1	1 man	23 years old
Conversation Circle 2	6 women	23 years old
Conversation Circle 3	4 women	23 years old
Conversation Circle 3	2 men	23 years old
Conversation Circle 4	8 women	24 years old
Conversation Circle 5	7 women	21 years old
Conversation Circle 5	1 men	21 years old
Conversation Circle 6	9 women	26 years old
Conversation Circle 7	8 women	24 years old
Conversation Circle 8	6 women	23 years old
Conversation Circle 9	8 women	23 years old
Total of participants	67	23 years old

Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional Rodovia Washington Luis, Km 235, Caixa Postal 676, CEP: , 13565-905, São Carlos, SP - Brasil, Tel.: 55-16-3361-8749 - São Carlos - SP - Brazil
E-mail: cadto@ufscar.br

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[1] Author´s contributions

Rodrigo Alves dos Santos Silva was responsible for the design of the text, performed the data collection, organization, and analysis of the data, and worked on the writing and review of the text. Stella Maris Nicolau wrote and reviewed the data analysis. Fátima Corrêa Oliver was responsible for guiding the research, reviewing data analysis, writing and reviewing the text. All authors approved the final version of the article.