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Gail Whiteford is affiliated with Charles Sturt University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their research spans multiple subfields including Occupational Therapy, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, and General Health Professions.

The primary focus of their work concerns Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, with significant attention also given to Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, the Delphi Technique in Research, Patient Dignity and Privacy, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, as well as Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Occupational Science
  • Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Understanding professional identity in occupational therapy: A scoping review (2021), Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Capabilities, Opportunities, Resources and Environments (CORE): Using the CORE approach for inclusive, occupation-centred practice (2020), Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
  • Absence of rigorous evidence undermines cultural safety reforms (2020), Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Engaging New Parents in the Development of a Peer Nutrition Education Model Using Participatory Action Research (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Understanding disruptions to children's patterns of occupation and forms of occupational engagement during COVID-19 in Greece: An exploratory study (2022), Journal of Occupational Science

Gail Whiteford has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Dan Curley, Leigh Kinsman, Graeme Mooney, Tony Lower, and Megan J. Hobbs, each having co-authored three publications.

Best Publications

  • Occupational Deprivation: Global Challenge in the New Millennium

    Gail Whiteford

  • Phenomenological Research: An Exploration of Conceptual, Theoretical, and Practical Issues

    Clare Wilding;Gail Whiteford

  • Knowledge generation and utilisation in occupational therapy: Towards epistemic reflexivity

    Elizabeth Anne Kinsella;Gail Elizabeth Whiteford

  • Reflections on a renaissance of occupation.

    Gail Whiteford;Elizabeth Townsend;Clare Hocking

  • Occupational deprivation and incarceration

    Gail Whiteford

  • Occupational Science: Society, Inclusion, Participation

    Gail E. Whiteford;Clare Hocking

  • Reflection in intercultural learning: examining the international experience through a critical incident approach

    Lindy McAllister;Gail Whiteford;Bob Hill;Noel Thomas

  • Participatory occupational justice framework (POJF) 2010: Enabling occupational participation and inclusion

    Gail Whiteford;Elizabeth Townsend

  • Understanding the occupational deprivation of refugees: a case study from Kosovo.

    Gail Elizabeth Whiteford

  • Occupation and occupational therapy: Knowledge paradigms and everyday practice

    Clare Wilding;Gail Whiteford

  • A participatory occupational justice framework; population based processes of practice

    Elizabeth Townsend;Gail Whiteford

  • Prisons: From occupational deprivation to occupational enrichment

    Matthew L Molineux;Gail Elizabeth Whiteford

  • Occupational deprivation: understanding limited participation

    Gail Whiteford

  • Language, identity and representation: occupation and occupational therapy in acute settings.

    Clare Wilding;Gail Whiteford

  • Cultural relativism: occupation and independence reconsidered.

    Gail Elizabeth Whiteford;Ann Allart Wilcock

  • Understanding Occupational Transitions in Forced Migration: The Importance of Life Skills in Early Refugee Resettlement

    Aakifah Suleman;Gail Elizabeth Whiteford

  • Conceptual and practical issues in qualitative research: reflections on a life-history study.

    Alison Wicks;Gail Whiteford

  • Occupation & Practice in Context

    Gail Whiteford;Valerie Wright St Clair

  • Enhancing occupational therapists' confidence and professional development through a community of practice scholars

    Clare Wilding;Michael Curtin;Gail Whiteford

  • The Participatory Occupational Justice Framework as a tool for change: Three contrasting case narratives

    Gail Whiteford;Katherine Jones;Cindy Rahal;Aakifah Suleman

  • When People Can't Participate: Occupational Deprivation

    Gail Whiteford

Frequent Co-Authors

Joy Higgs
Joy Higgs Charles Sturt University
Jenny Strong
Jenny Strong University of Queensland
Isabel Dyck
Isabel Dyck Queen Mary University of London
Jenny Ziviani
Jenny Ziviani University of Queensland

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