Summary: Model Of Human Occupation

3.2. Model of Human Occupation
The conceptual MOHO assists with gaining a comprehensive understanding of how occupations are motivated, patterned, and performed in the context of the environment (Kielhofner, 2008). The recent version of the MOHO incorporates the political and economic conditions within the environmental context, prudent factors to consider for this deprived community (Kielhofner, 2008). Evaluating the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that enable or inhibit people in this community to be able to engage in meaningful occupations assists with determining barriers and identifying occupational needs, enabling adaptation generating occupational identity and occupational competence (Kielhofner, 2008). With a strong evidence base,

These occupational injustices transpire through restriction in engaging in meaningful and purposeful occupation (Townsend & Wilcock, 2004) with lack of skills, resources, opportunities and confidence within the community, constructing occupational alienation amidst feelings of isolation (Stadnyk et al., 2014). Consequently, many lack an occupational role and identity bearing a negative impact on health and wellbeing with many feeling stressed, anxious and inadequate. Well-being arises “from things people do that provide a sense of vitality, purpose, satisfaction, or fulfilment” (Hocking, 2009, p.48). Occupational engagement and providing opportunities that enable people to developing skills gaining a sense of achievement through meaningful occupation can enhance health and wellbeing (Hocking, 2009) by doing, being, belonging, becoming (Wilcock & Hocking, 2015) eliminating these occupational injustices. Occupations that are valued and socially sanctioned have the greatest impact on health and wellbeing (Wilcock, 2005). Therefore, the participatory occupational justice framework was taken into consideration for this project to raise consciousness of the injustices, engaging with others, and strategizing how to eradicate the occupational injustices to improve the health and wellbeing of this community enabling occupational participation and inclusion (Whiteford & Townsend,