@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 = {<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>
},
  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},
}