title: Comparing and Using Occupation-Focused Models.
abstract: As health care moves toward understanding the importance of function, participation and occupation, occupational therapists would be well served to use occupation-focused theories to guide intervention. Most therapists understand that applying occupation-focused models supports best practice, but many do not routinely use these models. Barriers to application of theory include lack of understanding of the models and limited strategies to select and apply them for maximum client benefit. The aim of this article is to compare occupation-focused models and provide recommendations on how to choose and combine these models in practice; and to provide a systematic approach for integrating occupation-focused models with frames of reference to guide assessment and intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Su Ren
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006802:Human Activities; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009790:Occupations
keywords: Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement; Model of Human Occupation; Occupation-based; Occupation-focused; Person-Environment-Occupation-Performance Model