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Mexican American Intergenerational Research: Transformative Model of Occupational Therapy
Maritza Montiel Tafur1, Yvonne de la Torre Montiel2, Miguel Montiel3
1The University of Utah, Salt Lake, USA.
Occupational Therapy International
|July 17, 2024
Summary
Mexican American women faced environmental barriers to occupational participation but found resilience through everyday acts of resistance. This study introduces a decolonized occupational therapy model linking individual health to community well-being.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Occupational Therapy
Background:
- Historical context of Mexican American women migrating during the Mexican Revolution.
- Need to expand occupational therapy's cultural understanding and humility.
- Exploration of lived experiences to inform practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the occupational participation of Mexican American women immigrants.
- To identify environmental barriers and facilitators impacting their daily lives.
- To introduce a decolonized framework for occupational therapy.
Main Methods:
- Constructivist grounded theory analysis of 37 interviews.
- Qualitative data analysis to identify emergent themes.
- Focus on occupational consciousness and cultural humility.
Main Results:
- Identified themes: suffering, work, education, and compassion.
- Environmental barriers (hierarchy, discrimination, physical limitations) hindered participation.
- Acts of resistance (joy, play, self-sufficiency, organizing) facilitated participation.
Conclusions:
- Challenges assumptions in occupational therapy regarding environment and health.
- Introduces the Transformative Model of Occupational Therapy.
- Links individual health to community and global health through occupations and cultural values.
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