Adaptación ocupacional e inclusión social en población indígena.

Abstract

A study was carried out whose purpose is to identify from occupational therapy how occupational adaptation and social inclusion influence the Yukpa indigenous population and how this affects the occupational performance of the community. The research methodology is quantitative, longitudinal, with a population sample of 40 Yukpa indigenous people who met the inclusion criteria. The information was obtained through the application of the evaluation instruments: sociodemographic record, historical interview of occupational performance (OPHIII), within this the scales of occupational identity, competence and occupational context were evaluated, in the same way the second Support intensity scale instrument (SIS), where activities in community life, employment activities and social activities were evaluated. They seek to respond to the objectives of the research, later the analysis of the results was carried out, where they yielded the following. It was evidenced that occupational adaptation influences social inclusion because the Yukpa indigenous population present dysfunctionality in occupational identity by not finding meaning in their occupational life, leading them not to establish goals and personal projects in the short, medium and long term, thus generating in their occupational competence some problems to work towards goals, likewise difficulty was identified in the occupational forms of the productive role. Regarding the social inclusion variable, it was determined that the Yukpa community does not maintain an interaction and did not participate in recreational or leisure activities with people from the urban area or those around the context where they operate, interfering in their social role and the establishment of interpersonal relationships.