OTA 240: Global Research Project (Dawson)

Database Search Examples:

• "occupational therapy" AND Asia AND practice
• “work environment” AND “occupational therapy” AND Australia
• "occupational therapy" AND "New Zealand" AND assessment
• Asia AND trends AND "occupational therapy"

Internet Search Examples:

• Asian trends occupational therapy
• site:.org "occupational therapy" AND Asia AND practice
• site:.org "occupational therapy" Nepal
• site:.edu "occupational therapy" China

Database Search Examples:

• "assistive technology" AND "developing countries"
• "assistive devices" AND "developing countries"
• "occupational therapy" AND "assistive devices" AND "developing countries"

Internet Search Examples:

• "assistive technology" "United States" statistics
• “assistive technology” global statistics
• site:.org "assistive technology" "occupational therapy" "developing countries"

Database Search Examples:

• “occupational therapy practice” AND technology
• practice AND standards AND "occupational therapy" AND Canada
• practice AND settings AND "occupational therapy" AND Australia

Internet Search Examples: 

• To search for OT career info for Australia try these searches: 
  • site:.au "occupational therapy" career
  • site:.au “occupational therapy” practice settings
• Look for OT professional, educational, and career sites from the countries you are researching.

Database Search Examples:

• Australia AND “occupational therapy” AND education
• “occupational therapy” AND colleges AND universities

Internet Search Examples: 

• To search for OT career info for Australia try these searches: 
  • site:.au "occupational therapy" education
  • site:.au “occupational therapy” job outlook
• Look for OT professional, educational, and career sites from the countries you are researching.

Search Examples:

• epidemiology AND stroke AND global
• epidemiology AND stroke AND Africa
• incidence AND stroke AND Asia
• (prevalence OR incidence OR epidemiology) AND dementia AND "occupational therapy"
• "occupational health"
• "indigenous health"
• "health status disparities"

Disease Specific Resources

Database Search Examples:

• fieldwork AND international
• "occupational therapy" AND fieldwork AND international
• "occupational therapy" AND “service learning” AND international

Internet Search Examples:

• site:.org "occupational therapy" fieldwork international
• site:.org "occupational therapy" fieldwork "South Africa"
• site:.edu "occupational therapy" fieldwork

Database Search Examples:

• “occupational therapy” AND “mental health” AND “United Kingdom”
• “occupational therapy” AND “mental health”

Internet Search Examples:

• site:.org “mental health” international
• "cross-cultural" "mental health" "occupational therapy"

Database Search Examples:

• "people with disabilities" AND "developing countries"
• Cambodia AND (attitudes OR stigma OR perceptions) AND disability
• disability AND discrimination AND "South Africa"
• "social aspects" AND disability
• disparity AND disability AND stigma AND "developing countries"

Internet Search Examples:

• discrimination disability Africa site:.org
• stigma disability "developing countries"