Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorYoung, Marie E. M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-31T09:18:35Z
dc.date.available2017-03-31T09:18:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa experiences socio-economic challenges with a high prevalence of poverty resulting in disability and non-communicable diseases affecting the health and welfare of communities. Health services are not always accessible or available to citizens, especially those of previously disadvantaged or rural communities. The South African National Plan for Development 2030 aims to address these inequality and health issues. One focus area of this plan is the inclusion of recreation, leisure and sport as an important service sector to improve the health and well-being of all individuals. Therapeutic recreation could play an important role in this regard. In South Africa, therapeutic recreation is in its developmental stages. This paper aims to provide the reader with an overview of therapeutic recreation in South Africa as a developing profession. An overview of the current status of the profession is discussed in terms of standard of practice and as it relates to health professions and recreation service providers, programmes with therapeutic value and training needs. The study concludes that there is still groundwork to be done, calling for interested parties to embark on an aggressive advocacy and strategic planning process to develop therapeutic recreation as a profession in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.accreditationScopusen_US
dc.identifier.citationYoung, M.E.M. (2015). Therapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africa. World Leisure Journal, 57(1): 34-45en_US
dc.identifier.issn1607-8055
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2716
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2014.1001175
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.rightsThis is the post-print versionof the article found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2014.1001175
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCertificationen_US
dc.subjectCommunity-based therapeutic recreationen_US
dc.subjectHealth promotionen_US
dc.subjectScope of practiceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectTherapeutic recreationen_US
dc.titleTherapeutic recreation as a developing profession in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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