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  • The demand for speech pathology services for children: Do we need more or just different?

    Author(s)
    Reilly, Sheena
    Harper, Megan
    Goldfeld, Sharon
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Reilly, Sheena
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    An inability or difficulty communicating can have a profound impact on a child's future ability to participate in society as a productive adult. Over the past few years the number of interventions for children with speech and language problems has almost doubled; the majority are targeted interventions delivered by speech pathologists. In this paper we examine the distribution of speech pathology services in metropolitan Melbourne and how these are aligned with need as defined by vulnerability in language and social disadvantage. We identified three times as many private sector services compared to public services for the ...
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    An inability or difficulty communicating can have a profound impact on a child's future ability to participate in society as a productive adult. Over the past few years the number of interventions for children with speech and language problems has almost doubled; the majority are targeted interventions delivered by speech pathologists. In this paper we examine the distribution of speech pathology services in metropolitan Melbourne and how these are aligned with need as defined by vulnerability in language and social disadvantage. We identified three times as many private sector services compared to public services for the 0–5 year age group. Overall there was poorer availability of services in some of the most vulnerable areas. The profound and long‐term impact of impoverished childhood language, coupled with the considerable limitations on public spending, provide a strong impetus to deliver more equitably distributed speech pathology services.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13318
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
    Public Health and Health Services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/143122
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