Welcome From the New Editor-in-Chief

The changes in the health care system occurring in response to health care reform have created an environment of opportunity for occupational therapy that has never been seen before. The U.S. health care system is now looking at health broadly. The system is beginning to define health across the continuum, as delineated in the World Health Organization’s (2001) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Outcomes are being examined not only in the traditional area of body structures and functions but also at the level of activity and participation. At no time in history has the U.S. health care systemengaged in conversations about how to facilitate healthy living at all levels of health, including healthy participation in life roles. It is clear that the ability to engage in meaningful occupations is important to health (Blaxter, 1990; Glass, de Leon, Marottoli, & Berkman, 1999; Wilcock, 2006), and occupational therapy is the profession that specializes in helping people reach a richer and healthier engagement in occupations (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2014). Therefore, occupational therapy is critical to the creation and maintenance of a healthier population.