Affiliations: Guangzhou Work Injury Rehabilitation Self-help Group,
Guangzhou, China | Hong Kong Workers' Health Centre, Hong Kong SAR,
China | The Hong Kong College of Technology, Hong Kong SAR,
China
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Karen Lo, Hong Kong Workers' Health
Centre, Room 1429, 14/F, 87-105 Chatham Road South, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong
Kong SAR, China. Tel.: +852 2725 3996; Fax: +852 2728 6968; E-mail:
karen@hkwhc.org.hk
Abstract: As China has gradually transformed from agricultural economy into
industrial economy since 1978, occupational injuries and diseases become a
serious social problem in China. For occupational rehabilitation professionals,
helping workers with occupational injuries and diseases, return to work and
re-integrate to community are the ultimate goals of occupational
rehabilitation. This article reports a new indigenous initiative with cultural
notions in occupational rehabilitation piloted by Guangdong Provincial
Rehabilitation Center. Case studies reflected that by learning and practicing
traditional Chinese paper cutting, workers with occupational injury and disease
could regain their self confidence, identity their strengths, learn more
vocational skills as well as to re-integrate into community.
Keywords: Occupational rehabilitation, work, Chinese paper cutting
