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Peditaric Feeding Disorders: Caregiver Perspectives on Child Healthcare in the Latino Population

abstract: Latino parents of children with feeding disorders completed a survey about their experiences accessing support and the cultural competence of their providers. This work is a follow-up project to a presented American Speech and Hearing Association Conference poster (Stats-Caldwell, Lindsay, Van Vuren, 2017). That project revealed caregivers’ use of social media and indicated an overall perceived lack of support from providers. In the present survey, Latino caregivers identified the resources they consult and rated the level of helpfulness in addition to the types of supports they sought and received from these resources. Results indicate a considerable reliance on pediatricians in both frequency of consultation and helpfulness ratings. No significant difference was seen between the frequency of consultation between pediatricians, speech-language pathologists and other service providers. No significant difference was found in the helpfulness ratings between speech-language pathologists and topic-specific social media pages, nor speech-language pathologists and grandmothers. Participants indicated reliance on social media for informational resources. The influence of social media is discussed. The cultural implications of treating this population are also reviewed. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Communication Disorders 2018

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:49096
Date January 2018
ContributorsVan Vuren, Katherine (Author), Azuma, Tamiko (Advisor), Scherer, Nancy (Advisor), Helms-Tillery, Kate (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format95 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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