01828nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002800055653002500083653003500108100001500143700001400158700001000172245010400182856009600286300001100382490000700393520120700400022001501607       2015                            d  aPretoria10aPractice-based evidence10aOccupational Therapy10aCommunity-based rehabilitation1 aBuchanan H1 aLorenzo T1 aLaw M00aFostering evidence-based practice in community-based rehabilitation: Strategies for implementation.  uhttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S2310-38332015000200009&script=sci_arttext&tlng=pt   a56 -620 v453 a<p>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.</p>
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