Rose Natalie, Hughes Claire
Natalie Rose, MSc(OT), BA, is PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Claire Hughes is Undergraduate Student, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Occup Ther. 2018 May/Jun;72(3):7203205070p1-7203205070p6. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2018.026005.
Occupational therapy practitioners generally agree that sex is a meaningful occupation and should be part of the rehabilitation process; however, there has been reluctance to include clients' sexual concerns in practice. To explore how occupational therapy is addressing clients' sexual concerns, we (one author with a professional background in occupational therapy and the other who is a consumer of occupational therapy services) used a coconstructed autoethnographic approach that involved shared reflection between us. We discuss insights discovered through the coconstructed process, including the potential health risks involved in sexual activity, the importance of sexuality as a core aspect of identity, the ways that rehabilitation currently excludes sexuality, and the potential role of occupational therapy in addressing sexuality.
职业治疗从业者普遍认为，性是一项有意义的活动，应成为康复过程的一部分；然而，在实践中他们一直不愿将客户的性方面问题纳入其中。为了探究职业治疗如何处理客户的性方面问题，我们（一位具有职业治疗专业背景的作者和另一位职业治疗服务消费者）采用了一种共同构建的自我民族志方法，其中包括我们之间的共同反思。我们讨论了通过共同构建过程发现的见解，包括性活动中涉及的潜在健康风险、性作为身份核心方面的重要性、康复目前排除性方面的方式，以及职业治疗在处理性方面问题中的潜在作用。
