{"product_id":"occupational-perspective-of-health","title":"Occupational Perspective Of Health","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eFor nearly 20 years, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Occupational Perspective of Health\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e has been a valuable text for health practitioners with an interest in the impact of what people do throughout their lives.  Now available in an updated and much-anticipated \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThird Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, this unique text continues the intention of the original publication: it encourages wide-ranging recognition of occupation as a major contributor to all people’s experience of health or illness. It also promotes understanding of how, throughout the world, “population health” as well as individual well-being is dependent on occupation.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At international and national levels, the role of occupation in terms of the physical, mental, and social health of all individuals and populations remains poorly understood and largely overlooked as an inevitable and constant factor. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Occupational Perspective of Health, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e by Drs. Ann Wilcock and Clare Hocking, in line with directives from the World Health Organization (WHO), encourages practitioners of public health, occupational therapy and others to extend current thinking and practice and embrace a holistic view of how occupation and health interact.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAddressed in the \u003ci\u003eThird Edition\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn  explanation of how individual and population health throughout the world is impacted by all that people do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA drawing together of WHO ideas that relate to health through occupation, and how people individually and collectively feel about, relate to others, and grow or diminish through what they do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA multidisciplinary orientation to promote health and reduce illness by increasing awareness and understanding of the impact of occupations across sleep-wake continuums throughout lifespans and communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e The connection of health and occupation is held to be fundamental, although ideas about both have altered throughout time as environments and cultures have evolved. To improve interdisciplinary understanding,\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e An Occupational Perspective of Health, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e explains the concepts of attaining, maintaining, or reclaiming population health through occupation.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Instructors in educational settings can visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.efacultylounge.com\"\u003e\u003cu\u003ewww.efacultylounge.com\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e for additional materials to be used for teaching in the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Practitioners and students of occupational therapy, health sciences, and public or population health will benefit from and relate to \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Occupational Perspective of Health, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312065716606,"sku":"NW9781617110870","price":122.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781617110870.jpg?v=1778586276","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/occupational-perspective-of-health","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}