OCTY3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nonverbal Communication, Team Dynamics, Household Income
OCTY3102 Study Notes
Week 10
Social determinants of health –
- Socioeconomic status
- Geographical location
- Education
- Transportation
- Employment
- Results in:
o Less likely to have post-school
education qualification
o Higher unemployment rate o Lower
median weekly income o Less likely
to own a home o Poorer health
status o More likely to be
incarcerated o Widening gap in child
abuse notifications
Strengths based approach –
- Valuing Indigenous health perspectives and knowledge
- See the resilience and assets Indigenous clients bring with them
- Work at socio-economic and macro-political levels
- Being Aboriginal = problems
- Being Aboriginal = poor
OT and Indigenous Australians –
- Limited access to mainstream services
- Socio-economic concerns o Transport o Day-to-day survival
- Lack of awareness of what we can offer
- Suspicion of mainstream services
Our profession –
- Being outside the ‘norm’
- Rethinking non-compliance
- Culturally safe practice
- Valuing our client’s perspectives
- Work at personal. socio-economic and macro-political levels
OT’s working with marginalized people need to consider working across
many levels –
→ Populations
→→Organisations
→→→Communities
→→→→Groups
→→→→→Families
→→→→→→Individuals
Developing partnerships –
- Needs o Trust – make an effort to build trust and rapport o Clarity
- Takes time
- Needs to be genuinely reciprocal
- Provides better outcomes
- Enables sustainable services
General Practice Strategies –
1. Prioritise relationships
a. Sit and listen
b. Professional loitering
c. Be a learn, not a teller
d. Divulge something of yourself
2. Develop personal qualities and skills
a. Be flexible
b. Be patient
c. Be non-judgmental
d. Be open-minded
e. Be respectful
f. Be gentle
g. Be friendly
h. Be encouraging
3. Know your clients background
a. Includes physical, social and cultural environments
b. Important not to generalise
4. Gain and give knowledge
a. Gain knowledge about context and culture
b. Be aware of influences of different cultures
c. Give clear explanations
d. Use a liaison
