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Context matters: Speech-language pathologists' perceptions of the impact of barriers and facilitators on culturally responsive professional practice
International journal of speech language pathology, Vol.First online, pp.1-13
12/02/2025
PMID: 39943774
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Abstract
Purpose: The impact of known barriers and facilitators to culturally responsive practice in paediatric speech-language pathology services across different social, linguistic, and educational contexts is not well understood. An innovative data visualisation method was used to determine which barriers and facilitators most impacted different professional activities as reported by speech-language pathologists practising in Australia and Hong Kong.
Method: A total of 111 speech-language pathologists in Australia and 76 in Hong Kong completed a survey with questions related to barriers and facilitators when working with families from diverse multilingual backgrounds. Descriptive statistics and correspondence analysis were used to explore relationships between professional activities and the barriers and facilitators in both contexts.
Result: Correspondence analysis revealed that barriers impacted the two contexts more distinctively than the facilitators. Two activities most strongly impacted by barriers in both contexts included engagement in management and communication. Regarding facilitators, speech-language pathologists in both contexts indicated that cultural awareness most facilitated the development of rapport and knowledge of language most facilitated diagnosis.
Conclusion: The impact of barriers was more varied between contexts which may be due to the different health and educational contexts that speech-language pathologists work in. In contrast, facilitative factors may be more robust and stable across these two cultural contexts.
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- Title
- Context matters: Speech-language pathologists' perceptions of the impact of barriers and facilitators on culturally responsive professional practice
- Creators
- Sarah Masso - The University of SydneyTaiying Lee - University of Hong KongNatalie Munro - The University of SydneyAnita M-Y Wong - The University of SydneyWing Yan Sophie Li - University of Hong KongElise Baker - Western Sydney University
- Publication Details
- International journal of speech language pathology, Vol.First online, pp.1-13
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- University of Hong Kong-University of Sydney Strategic Partnership FundBaker (USyd)Wong (HKU)Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URFP) at the University of Hong KongCore Research Facility of the University of SydneyAustralian Research Council, Discovery Early Career Research Award: DE200101078 Alexander von Humboldt FoundationAustralian Research Council: DE200101078
We would like to acknowledge the participation of the SLPs across Australia and Hong Kong who contributed to this research. This study was supported by a University of Hong Kong-University of Sydney Strategic Partnership Fund awarded to Munro, Baker (USyd), Stokes, Klee, and Wong (HKU); Li (HKU) was supported by the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URFP) at the University of Hong Kong. The authors acknowledge the support of Professor Stephanie Stokes and the statistical assistance of Mr Christopher Howden and Dr Alex Shaw of the Sydney Informatics Hub, a Core Research Facility of the University of Sydney. Dr Sarah Masso was supported by funding from the Australian Research Council, Discovery Early Career Research Award (DE200101078) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
- Identifiers
- 991013260611002368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Allied Health and Midwifery; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article