Impact of a Fieldwork Experience on Attitudes Toward People With Intellectual Disabilities.

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to describe the effects of curriculum activities on changing attitudes of health professional students toward people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). METHOD. A nonrandomized, pretest--posttest design was used. Participants were college students assigne...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 71; no. 6; pp. 1 - 9
Autores principales: Sullivan, Allison, Mendonca, Rochelle
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Occupational Therapy Association Nov/Dec2017
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          Sullivan, Allison
          Mendonca, Rochelle
        affil: Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, American International College, Springfield, MA
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          Intellectual Disability
          Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
          Attitude to Disability
          Students, Occupational Therapy
          Students, Health Occupations
          Education, Occupational Therapy
          Education, Health Sciences
          Education, Clinical
          Student Experiences
          Student Attitudes
          Pretest-Posttest Design
          Human
          Curriculum
          Stigma
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Purposive Sample
          Colleges and Universities
          Massage
          Adult
          Lecture
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Questionnaires
          Scales
          Content Validity
          Construct Validity
          Coefficient alpha
          Data Analysis Software
          Analysis of Variance
          Descriptive Statistics
          Student-Patient Relations
          Adult: 19-44 years
      ab: OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to describe the effects of curriculum activities on changing attitudes of health professional students toward people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). METHOD. A nonrandomized, pretest--posttest design was used. Participants were college students assigned to one of three groups: two groups of students from different years in the occupational therapy program and one group of public health students. Each group completed the Attitudes Toward Intellectual Disabilities Questionnaire before and after each intervention. RESULTS. No significant differences were found in change of attitude after a lecture on the effects of stigma on people with disabilities. Length of time in program, age, and amount of experience with people with IDs affected changes in attitude for occupational therapy students after a fieldwork intervention. CONCLUSION. Level I fieldwork significantly improved the attitudes of occupational therapy students toward people with IDs, whereas a lecture did not.
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