Scientific production on occupational therapy: The silencing of the work-health relationship

Abstract

The aim of this study was to get to know the scenario and build an overview of the scientific production in occupational therapy, work and health, and to identify how such publications have been being set up with regard to the production of knowledge, specifically in the development of empirical thought and in theoretical training in occupational therapy – how the discussions are being conducted, and based on which theoretical and methodological approaches references they are guided. The survey was conducted in the Pubmed, Lilacs and Cochrane Library databases, and the categories analyzed were Brazilian and international publications, publishing countries, year of publication, type of publication, magazines and areas of concentration, and concentration by topic and subject. It was concluded that the issue requires further theoretical and methodological discussions aiming to deepen the relationship between the fields of occupational therapy, work and health. With the approximation among the three fields and the relationships that could be established among them, it was observed that, in most cases, production in technical and academic spheres does not take the complex relationship between work and health into account.

Keywords
occupational therapy; health; work; worker's health; scientific production