@article{26429, keywords = {Practice-based evidence, Occupational Therapy, Community-based rehabilitation}, author = {Buchanan H and Lorenzo T and Law M}, title = {Fostering evidence-based practice in community-based rehabilitation: Strategies for implementation.}, abstract = {

Occupational therapists around the world are taking up the challenge to implement an evidence-based practice approach to the development of occupational therapy services. The emphasis in applying evidence-based practice within occupational therapy has been strongly biomedical in focus. In South Africa, many occupational therapists work in communities where their work is largely community-based rehabilitation. With no examples of how evidence-based practice can be applied in such settings, therapists have struggled with how it may be used to inform their practice. This paper explores the concepts of evidence-based practice and community-based rehabilitation, and illustrates how evidence-based practice can be applied within community-based rehabilitation. Examples are provided to show how evidence-based practice can realistically be applied in community-based rehabilitation programmes with the intention of empowering therapists to begin using evidence as a basis for their practice. It further explores how evidence-based practice can be used by occupational therapists to inform decision-making related to the development of community-based rehabilitation programmes and services.

}, year = {2015}, journal = {South African Journal of Occupational Therapy }, volume = {45}, pages = {56 -62}, address = {Pretoria}, issn = {0038-2337 }, url = {http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S2310-38332015000200009&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt }, doi = {10.17159/2310-3833/2015/V45N2A9}, language = {eng}, }