Every parent matters: The value of a parent-centric approach to supporting parenting occupations and roles

Affiliations

¹ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, School of Clinical Therapies, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Sydney School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ School of Occupational Therapy, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV, USA.
⁵ Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁶ Institute of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁷ Health and Social Sciences Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore.
⁸ Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁹ Center for Rehabilitation and Special Needs Studies, Occupational Therapy Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹⁰ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
¹¹ Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Margaret McGrath et al. Br J Occup Ther. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;88(1):3-4.

doi: 10.1177/03080226241241221. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

¹ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, School of Clinical Therapies, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
² Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Sydney School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Discipline of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ School of Occupational Therapy, Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV, USA.
⁵ Departamento de Terapia Ocupacional y Ciencia de la Ocupación, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
⁶ Institute of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁷ Health and Social Sciences Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore.
⁸ Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁹ Center for Rehabilitation and Special Needs Studies, Occupational Therapy Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹⁰ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
¹¹ Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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