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Environmental Advocacy As An Occupation: Perceived Self-Efficacy And Occupational Justice In Community Programming, Emma Sims, Laura H. Vanpuymbrouck

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Current occupational therapy literature demonstrates a gap in knowledge of environmental advocacy as an occupation, which directly impacts occupational justice in those experiencing environmental racism or discrimination. This study’s purpose was to provide foundational information on the importance of advocacy work in the sphere of environmental and occupational justice through the lived experiences of those directly involved in community environmental advocacy.

Method: Qualitative data was collected via three focus groups using semi-structured interviews focused on perceptions of participant experiences in environmental advocacy occupations. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes relating to research questions.

Results: When …

Prevalence Of Incivility And Bullying In Occupational Therapy Fieldwork, Edwin Myers, Kaitlyn Cremer

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

The prevalence of incivility and bullying in the domain of occupational therapy warrants attention. The long-term effects of incivility and bullying can be profound and multifaceted. These may include job dissatisfaction, depressive symptoms, heightened hostility, and an increased likelihood of malpractice. Despite the implications of such behavior, there remains a noticeable gap in existing literature. This study investigated the prevalence of incivility and bullying occurring during occupational therapy (OT) fieldwork. The Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R) was completed by 702 occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and students regarding their fieldwork experiences. Over 80% of participants reported being exposed to bullying or …

Occupational Therapy Students’ Perceptions Of Using Chatgpt For An Academic Course Assignment, Diane Tom, Robyn Wu, Chi-Kwan Shea

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT), a natural language based artificial intelligence (AI), has been either welcomed or maligned by academia. This project aimed to: (a) provide a structured opportunity for students to use ChatGPT and critique its responses and (b) investigate student perceptions before and after using ChatGPT for a class assignment. Forty graduate occupational therapy students used ChatGPT to complete two written assignments. Pre- and post-ChatGPT assignment surveys completed by students were analyzed. After using ChatGPT to complete course assignments, students were significantly more likely to agree that: (a) ChatGPT is helpful for completing assignments, (b) ChatGPT provides accurate …

Becoming A Skater: A Mixed Methods Study Exploring Supports And Barriers To Participation In Adaptive Skateboarding, Megan Sandwith, Susan Macdermott, Amy Griswold

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: The occupation of adaptive skateboarding expands concepts of skateboarding through modifications that support performance for individuals with disabilities. There is a gap in the literature representing the experience of individuals with disabilities who desire to participate in adaptive skateboarding. The intent of the research study was to provide a foundational understanding of the occupation of adaptive skateboarding by exploring the question: What are the supports and barriers to participation in adaptive skateboarding?

Methods:This mixed-methods study was comprised of a 14-question virtual survey, a semi-structured interview, and an optional video submission.

Results: A total of 41 participants participated …

Paving A Path From Occupational Therapy Clinician To Researcher: A Grounded Theory, Marissa J. Wuennemann, Barbara Nadeau

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Research is vital for continued development and support of practice for occupational therapy, yet little is known about occupational therapists currently in research roles. Occupational therapists who primarily conduct research see themselves as a unique minority in the profession. This study aimed to understand the process of occupational therapists who shift their professional identity from being a clinician to a researcher.

Method: Purposive and snowballing sampling was used to recruit occupational therapy clinicians who transitioned into roles where they spend the majority of their time conducting research. Data was collected through individual, semi-structured interviews and analyzed following …

Breastfeeding Interventions For Dyads With Medical Complexity: A Mixed Methods Study, Jairrah L. Godsil, Julia R. Farrell, Julia Shin, Cary C. Moore, Yongyue Qi, Vanessa D. Jewell

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Breastfeeding dyads with medical complexity have lower success with direct breastfeeding. Evidence to support occupational therapists working with this population is limited. This study explored occupational therapists' experiences, training, and interventions for breastfeeding dyads with medical complexity.

Method: Occupational therapists providing clinical breastfeeding services for parents and or children with medically complex conditions participated in this study. The study employed an explanatory, sequential mixed-methods design, consisting of an online survey (N = 102) followed by two 75-min semi-structured focus groups (N = 7).

Results: Occupational therapists with more clinical breastfeeding experience (p = .003) and …

Use Of Podcasts As Emerging Technology In Occupational Therapy Education, Abbigail Kubiak, Karen Jacobs, Varsha S. Kulkarni, Maruška Vizek

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Podcasts are an emerging modality with a developing evidence base to reinforce their use in educational settings; in particular, to support knowledge retention and introduce topics. This research demonstrates the potential of podcasting in an educational context. Podcasts were used to educate occupational therapy (OT) students about emerging and innovative OT career opportunities. A series of 13 standardized 20- to 30-min podcasts featuring occupational therapists in emerging and innovative practice areas (E/IPA) globally were developed. In each podcast, the occupational therapist described implicit and explicit aspects of their career experiences. The podcasts were piloted in an entry-level OT doctoral course …

A Qualitative Study Of Disabled Performance Art In Occupational Identity Formation And Empowerment, Lisa Mahaffey, Kristin Chrissos, Kate Wettergren

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Disabled performance artists use their occupation of performance art to challenge the attitudes of their audience toward disability, leading to a greater sense of empowerment and a strong identity as disabled people.

Method: This project used a narrative approach to qualitative inquiry to explore how engagement in performance art influences occupational identity and empowers disabled artists. Personal connections and snowball sampling resulted in six self-identified disabled performance artists participating in 60- to 90-min interviews. A thematic analysis resulted in three overarching themes.

Results: (a) Belonging to a community of disability activists promotes feelings of empowerment for disabled performance …

Globally Inclusive Occupational Therapy Scholarship, Molly Bathje

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a global profession and OJOT supports global scholarship through its open-access, online format. OJOT is read in over 200 countries and global/international authorship is encouraged. This article describes the global reach of OJOT and suggests how OJOT authors can embrace the opportunity and responsibility of producing scholarship that has the potential for global impact.

The Role Of Woman In Harming The Messenger (Pbuh), And His Companions From The Beginning Of His Mission To His Death ., Hasan Awed Mohammed Al-Shehri

UB Journal for Humanities

This study deals with the role of woman in harming the Messenger and his companions, as mentioned in various books and sources. This study divided into two sections. The first section deals with the entire woman who harmed the Messenger (PBUH), and his companions, may God be pleased with them, from the beginning of his mission to his migration (PBUH). The second section contains all those who played this role against them after the migration period until the death of the Messenger. The study concluded with the most important results and recommendations clarified .

The Effect Of Referral On Textual Coherence In Ibn Zuraiq Al- Baghdadi's Poem A Textual Linguistic Study, Wafa Mayah Salim Alanzi

UB Journal for Humanities

This study aimed to reveal the impact of reference on the textual cohesion in Ibn Zuraiq Al-Baghdadi's poem. The study dealt with the concept of referral, its types and most important mechanisms, and then proceeded to an applied textual analysis of the poem of the study. Then the study sought to show the effect of referral as the most prominent mechanisms of textual cohesion in Ibn Zuraiq's poem. The study has adopted the textual linguistic method, which takes the text as a reference for itself and is self-sufficient in producing its connotations. This approach escapes from the authority of everything …

The Usage Of Robot In The Scale Of Islamic Jurisprudence, Ali Ahmed Salem Farahat

UB Journal for Humanities

The study aimed to investigate the concept of the robot, its types, importance, the ruling of its use in contracting, transactions, sexual relations, and the civil and criminal liability resulting from the misuse of the robot. The study relied on the descriptive methodology. Besides, it used the deductive method. Many findings emerged from the study as follows: first: Using the robot in everyday life is permissible in general; second: it is permissible to use the robot in contracting provided that it abides by the principles of the Islamic Sharia; third: using robot in making sexual intercourse is forbidden and punishable. …

Jurisprudential Issues Based On Interpretative Disagreement In Determining The Reference Of A (Al-Lafz) Term From What Came Before It, An Applied Jurisprudence Study, Mohammed Ali Gubran Zurib

UB Journal for Humanities

This research revolves around the applied jurisprudence studies that trace the effects of differing views and the diversity of intakes. Desiring to contribute to the industry of the jurist who has the ability to analyze the text with his tools that enable him to confront every new issues and not stand - helpless, since jurisprudence is not only a collection of issues, but rather it is a talent that must be acquired through training by induction, consideration and application on the legal texts and their treatment and deduction of rulings from them in a manner that is hoped to be …

Binary Oppositions In The Poetry Collection (Qaria'at Alawbeah) By Poet Fawzi Kareem, Nayef Fahad Albarrak Alresheed

UB Journal for Humanities

This study aims to identify the contrastive dualities in poems collection (Qaria'atAlawbeah) of the Poet Fawzi Kareem, through the poet's philosophical and creative visions, which reveals to the recipient multiple horizons in the poetic text, as the contrastive dualities phenomena is rooted in poetic creativity, and contains an element of contradiction. FawziKarim's poetry is full of contrastive dualities that embodied his poetic dimensions, his philosophical and artistic views, accordingly, the study developed to provide an intensive theoretical framework that reveals the nature of the contradiction and the definition of it by ancient and modern critics, then to present an applied …

Representations Of Collage In Modern Saudi Novel Immanence Approximation In Structure And Semantic., Mansour Mohammed Albalawi

UB Journal for Humanities

This study handles the technique of “Collage” how it appears in modern Saudi novel as a postmodernism technique and an experimental phenomenon used and functioned by Saudi novelists in their novel texts. It is obvious that this technique has not been scientifically and separately studied in a way that can cope with its distinguished existence in the Saudi novel products. Hence, the importance of this study is that it is the first of its kind, according to my knowledge, that handles the collage structure in a closely, interrogatively and interpretatively way. I have depended upon the internal immanence approach accompanied …

The Authority Of The Management To Terminate The Administrative Contract -An Analytical Study, Hamood Atef Mubarak Al-Qahtaney

UB Journal for Humanities

Administrative contracts are one of the legal means used by the administration to carry out its activity, for they enjoy the privileges of the public authority. The purpose of it is to ensure that the administration performs its functions aimed at achieving the public interest. Among those exceptional privileges and powers that the administration has to encounter by the contracted party is the authority to terminate the contract by its own will without the need for the contracted party’s approval or acceptance even without a mistake on his part. Through this research, the definition of the termination of the administrative …

Upgrading Courses For Those Who Are About To Get Married And Their Impact On The Stability Of Married Life. Intentional Study (Al-Jouf Region), Morad Rayeq Rashid Odeh

UB Journal for Humanities

This research is concerned with studying the reality of the courses and rehabilitation programs for those who are about to get married, in Al-Jouf region, a scientific study, based on realistic statistics, and it aims to: Understand the reality of these upgrading courses in the Al-Jouf region, and clarify their importance in stabilizing marital life, and the legal purposes of such courses, and how to develop them and increase the beneficiaries of them. The scientific method of research is based on the descriptive analytical method, and the most important results of the research were: These courses are of great importance …

Yazīd B. ͑Abdul-Madān Al-Najrānī: His Political Role And Literary Legacy During Pre- And Early Islamic Era, Awad Abdullah SaʿAd Bin Nahee, Issam Mohammed Qubaisee

UB Journal for Humanities

The present study seeks at examining the tribal leader Yazīd b. ͑Abdul- Madān al-Najrānī in terms of his political role and literary legacy since pre-Islamic time prior to the rise of Islam. In the first section, the study will highlight the tribal and political background that helped Yazīd b. ͑Abdul-Madān to establish the power of his leadership by investigating the roots of the house of Banū ad-Dayyān, followed by giving a brief on Yazīd b. ͑Abdul-Madān as a figure. The study, then, will debate the political and military role of Yazīd b. ͑Abdul-Madān in the tribal relationships between his tribe, …

The Verses That Abrogated Others And The Abrogated Ones Regarding Marriage, Abdullah Mohammed Alaskar

UB Journal for Humanities

Given the importance of knowing abrogation in some of the verses of the Quran, and the legal rulings derived from that, as the rulings of marriage are the most important matters one should learn about. Therefore, the study came to discuss the case of abrogation in the verses of marriage, and to explain the discussion among scholars regarding these verses. Furthermore, studying the difference of opinion among scholars, and evaluating those sayings with what is believed to be the truth that Allaah (sw) has legislated. The study was divided into two sections: The first section: The preface, in which the …

Silent Nature In The Poetry Of Maysoon Abu Bakr... Diwan "Seagulls In The Color Of The Sea" As A Model, Zuhir Hassan Alamri

UB Journal for Humanities

This research seeks, through an objective and analytical approach, to monitor the silent natural manifestations in Diwan "Seagulls in the Sea", and how the poet employs poetic images, and their connection with other poetic text building elements. The research deals with the manifestations of silent nature, which was characterized by the use of the "Maysoon Abu Bakr" `s Diwan "Sea-colored Seagulls" in an attempt to probe the depths of her experience, and to show the connotations that she employed therein through immersion in the components and elements of nature. The research yielded a number of results, the most important of …

The Effect Of Soil Temperature And Moisture On The Production Of Vegetable Crops Qassim Region, During The Period (1992-2019 Ad), Huda Abdullah E Alabbad

UB Journal for Humanities

The study aimed to reveal the impact of the climatic elements of agricultural soil, represented in soil surface temperature, soil temperature, and soil moisture, on the productivity and prediction of vegetable crops in Al-Qassim region. To achieve the objective of the study, (6) products of vegetables were selected, which are in great demand by consumers throughout the year: zucchini, okra, eggplant, carrots, potatoes, and onions. The multiple regression model was tested between the climatic elements of agricultural soil as independent variables, and agricultural production for each product as a dependent variable, during the summer planting season and the winter planting …

Ibn Al-Jawzi Methodology To Organize Sira Nabawiya In His Book: Al- Montazam Fey Tareikh Al-Molook Wa Al-Omam, Sami Ghazi Awwad Alanazi

UB Journal for Humanities

The search outlines arrangement of Ibn Al-Jawzi writings in Sira in his famous book: Al-montazam fey Tareikh Al-Molook wa Al-Omam. The study consists of several sections which tackles the subject from all its sides: firstly, definition of Ibn Al-Jawzi: Genesis, Education, Sheikhs, and Traditions. And then, the study gives a short definition of the book. Thereafter, the topic shows the historical methodology of Ibn Al-Jawzi which splitted to objective and annual methods. The objective method talks about events before the birth of prophet Muhammed, Peace be upon him. And the annual method shows three units: the first forty years of …

Invoking By Not Hearing, A Study About Alkufi Grammar, Abdulrahman Mohammed Saad Aldakheel

UB Journal for Humanities

This study handles the technique of “Collage” how it appears in modern Saudi novel as a postmodernism technique and an experimental phenomenon used and functioned by Saudi novelists in their novel texts. It is obvious that this technique has not been scientifically and separately studied in a way that can cope with its distinguished existence in the Saudi novel products. Hence, the importance of this study is that it is the first of its kind, according to my knowledge, that handles the collage structure in a closely, interrogatively and interpretatively way. I have depended upon the internal immanence approach accompanied …

The Balance Of Power Between The Muslims And The Crusaders Changed After The Battle Of Barin (531 Ah/1136 Ad), Aisha Marshood Hamid Al-Harbi

UB Journal for Humanities

Medieval history witnessed many important and decisive events in the incidents of the Islamic Crusader conflict, and the Battle of Barin (531 AH / 1136 AD) is considered a turning point in the balance of power between the Muslims and the Crusaders, and indeed a milestone between them. The main purpose of this study is to conduct a historical monitoring of that site, by probing the depths of the various historical sources, and analyzing the information contained within it about its introductions, events and results. After that, there was a change in the balance of power for the two parties, …

Using The Maine Constitution To Expand The Civil Rights And Civil Liberties Of Unhoused People, Heather L. Zimmerman

Maine Law Review

In recent years, homelessness has surged, and there has been a substantial increase in the number of people staying unsheltered in public places. In response to this rise in visible homelessness, municipalities have turned to criminalization, enacting and enforcing laws that ban, punish, fine, and ultimately seek to banish unhoused people from public places. Litigation has provided an important tool to fight criminalization and protect the fundamental rights of unhoused people. Legal advocacy for homeless rights suffered a major blow, however, in June 2024 with the United States Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. In Grants …

Exploring Due Process Rights And Litigation Strategies For Homeless Youth Under Federal Law, John A. Salois, Liz Harding Chao

Maine Law Review

Over fifty years after the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, this Article explores the due process rights youth have in shelter and other transitional housing covered under the Act. Further, this Article explores whether youth have a property interest under the Act’s recent reauthorization under the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008. This Article also discusses the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act and the due process rights youth have in shelter and other housing options covered under the HEARTH Act’s extensive funding of homeless programs. Additionally, this Article explores litigation strategies that youth and advocates …

Pay-To-Play: Maine’S Unconstitutional Requirement For Indigent Defendants To Pay To Appeal Eviction Judgments, Shianne Bowlin, Fred Kerrigan, Alice Neal

Maine Law Review

Maine’s eviction appeal process imposes financial barriers that effectively condition appellate review on a tenant’s ability to pay. Under Maine law, tenants must pay rent or arrears—often in dispute—before filing an appeal. This “pay-to-play” requirement disproportionately harms low-income tenants, particularly those receiving public assistance, and violates constitutional due process and equal protection guarantees. Despite federal and state precedent rejecting financial barriers to appeals, Maine’s eviction appeal system continues to restrict access to justice for indigent tenants. This Article examines the legal and constitutional implications of these requirements, comparing Maine’s approach to eviction appeals with those of other states. It explores …

A Seventh Amendment Remedy For Housing Instability, Gregory M. Zlotnick

Maine Law Review

After the 2023–2024 Supreme Court term, housing advocates despaired over the expected, yet still unwelcome, decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. While focusing on this case is understandable, this Article suggests that scholars, policymakers, and advocates should train their focus on another, perhaps less-expected case from the previous Supreme Court term: SEC v. Jarkesy. In Jarkesy, the Court affirmed a defendant’s constitutional right to a jury trial in an administrative proceeding that sought to enforce a right similar to one found at common law. The Court’s capacious interpretation of the Seventh Amendment in Jarkesy has implications for state-law …

An Argument For Housing Reparations, Lisa Lucile Owens

Maine Law Review

This Article explores recent applications and framing of municipal reparatory housing policies and assesses equal protection challenges, including specific discussion of an emerging case in Evanston, Illinois. Because of recent changes to the Supreme Court’s approach to applying strict scrutiny in equal protection challenges of race-conscious policies as reflected in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, race-based applications of reparations have been criticized as dead on arrival. However, this Article finds that housing-related reparatory policies are dissimilar from affirmative action admissions policies in several ways relevant to the Court’s application of strict scrutiny. Housing reparations policies are more in line …

Symposium Keynote: “A Call To Housing Advocacy”, Greg Payne

Maine Law Review

Keynote: A Call to Housing Advocacy