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prevented.3 These children also tend to lose functionality and find it difficult to perform
everyday activities. Occupational therapy help them to regain functionality of their sensory
and motor functions.4 Thus, it is clear that occupational therapy is needed to improve the
quality and functionality of life in these children. This essay will focus on the health
promotion aspects of occupational therapy for disabled children.
In the first section, the discussion will establish occupational therapy as a health
promotion topic and correlate its significance to disabled children. The second section will
examine occupational therapy intervention for disabled children as a health promotion
programme specifically. The final section will describe briefly some personal insights and
discoveries acquired from the research process.
Charter 1986, the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health.5 The charter also states that people cannot achieve their fullest health potential unless
they are able to take control of things which determine their health.5
Therefore, an argument can be made that occupational therapy for disabled children is
therefore a true embodiment of health promotion.
Children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to secondary conditions, co-morbid conditions, and
higher
rates
of
premature
deaths.
Determinant
s/ Upstream
factors
Disability
Burden of illhealth
Macroecono
mic policies
Early
childhood
development
Culture,
ethnicity and
values
Upstrea
m
Factors
Education
and literacy
Governance
Income and
social status
well as aid a child in interacting and communicating with others should be facilitated as ell.20
Ethical issues are unavoidable when it comes to a health promotion program. Two
main ethical issues that are directly involved when it comes to occupational therapy
intervention for disabled children would be the failure to communicate and breach of
confidentiality.30
The involvement of a mediator leads to the second ethical issue at play here; breach of
confidentiality. Breach of confidentiality leads to a limitation of service provided by
occupational therapist as the mediator might not agree with certain methods an occupational
therapist might employ when providing service.30 This might result in a decrease efficacy of
the occupational therapy intervention being provided and directly impacting the health
outcomes of disabled children.30
Occupational therapy involves a team approach that includes the disabled children,
caregivers, educators, health care professionals, community organization staff and
governmental agency staff. As a result, occupational therapists often have to work together
with other members of the community to deliver their service. This may sometimes result in
differing opinions on how a particular situation or child should be handled. Execution of
service might be delayed and the progress of a child might be slowed down.
However, there is a lack of certified occupational therapists to cater the entire disabled
childrens population.6 More efforts should be put to train people to become certified
occupational therapists to ensure more disabled children benefit from the occupational
therapy program. Occupational therapists should be employed by governmental agencies to
ensure their services are provided on several platforms and settings.
This assignment has given me the opportunity to discover the various number of ways
in which the quality of life of disabled children at PPKKCTM could be improved. The
inability of disabled children at PPKKCTM to look out for themselves, which renders them
completely dependent on others, fueled the objective of this health promotion program.
The multiple social factors affecting lives of disabled children and their outer circle
has a direct impact on the health outcomes of these children. The health promotion program
discussed in this report aims to alter some of those social factors to ensure improved quality
of life in disabled children.