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Inclusion For Speech-Language Pathology Minority Graduate Students, Teresa Michelle Roberts
Inclusion For Speech-Language Pathology Minority Graduate Students, Teresa Michelle Roberts
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Speech-language pathologists provide assessment and intervention for communication, cognition, and swallowing disorders for individuals across the lifespan in educational, medical, and private practice settings. The demographics of professionals in the field do not reflect those of the general public in regard to race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, LGBTQ+, and disability. Lack of representation of minorities limits research, policy, and services designed to serve diverse populations. Although initiatives have sought to address lack of diversity of speech-language pathologists, limited research on the graduate training experience for minority students is available. Since a master's degree is required to become a speech-language …
Long-Term Effectiveness Of The Diabetes Conversation Map Program: A Prepost Education Intervention Study Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients In Taiwan, Jui-Yu Hung, Pin-Fan Chen, Hanoch Livneh, Yi-Yu Chen, How-Ran Guo, Tzung-Yi Tsai
Long-Term Effectiveness Of The Diabetes Conversation Map Program: A Prepost Education Intervention Study Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients In Taiwan, Jui-Yu Hung, Pin-Fan Chen, Hanoch Livneh, Yi-Yu Chen, How-Ran Guo, Tzung-Yi Tsai
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Health education is compulsory for patients with chronic and life-threatening disease, especially for those with diabetes mellitus (DM). This study aimed to examine the long-term effectiveness of the Diabetes Conversation Map Program (DCMP) among DM patients in Taiwan.
A quasi-experimental research design using convenience sampling and nonrandom group assignment was applied to recruit 95 type 2 diabetic subjects from a hospital in Taiwan. In addition to routine care, the experiment group (n = 49) received 7 sessions of DCMP that delivered over 2 months, while the control group (n = 46) received only routine care during the same period. We …
Exploring The Impact Of An Ld Diagnosis On The Self-Determination Of Women In Poverty, Cynthia Jakes Stadel
Exploring The Impact Of An Ld Diagnosis On The Self-Determination Of Women In Poverty, Cynthia Jakes Stadel
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This collective case study explored the impact of a later-in-life learning disability (LD) diagnosis on women in poverty. The study focused on the perspectives of four women who were not identified with LD as children but accessed assessment services as adults receiving Oregon's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). All four reported painful awareness of learning differences as youths; as adults they voluntarily engaged in a "labeling event," furthering a process toward personal transformation and enhanced well-being initiated by their own awareness and curiosity. The women described critical social and emotional support systems and relationships that helped them integrate understanding …