1998
DOI: 10.3109/13682829809179433
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Why are there so few Ethnic Minority Speech and Language Therapists?

Abstract: This report summarises the outcome of a pilot study to investigate the recruitment of ethnic minority students to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and dietetics courses. The study also sought to identify factors contributing to the low representation of these students on the named courses through interviews and questionnaires to careers advisors, school students and course admissions tutors. Recommendations for changes in practice are made.

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“…Despite this, the situation has not gone without comment, for example Bebbington (1995) who looked at recruitment and retention within the profession and Sheridan (1999) who highlighted the situation for speech and language therapy. Stapleford and Todd (1998) attempted to identify the factors contributing to the low representation of minority ethnic students on speech and language therapy courses and concluded that there were several issues that had an impact on the recruitment figures. These included lack of awareness, low status and salary.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this, the situation has not gone without comment, for example Bebbington (1995) who looked at recruitment and retention within the profession and Sheridan (1999) who highlighted the situation for speech and language therapy. Stapleford and Todd (1998) attempted to identify the factors contributing to the low representation of minority ethnic students on speech and language therapy courses and concluded that there were several issues that had an impact on the recruitment figures. These included lack of awareness, low status and salary.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) profession has been established and shaped by the voices of a small and largely homogeneous demographic. Globally, the most visible and influential SLP communities are those based in high-income English-speaking countries, such as Australia, the UK and USA, and are predominantly comprised of white, monolingual, able-bodied, middleclass women (Boyd & Hewlett, 2001;Richburg, 2022;Stapleford & Todd, 1998). SLP communities in other contexts, especially in low-and middle-income countries where the need for SLP services is the highest (World Health Organization, 2022), are often influenced by service models developed in the more established Western communities (Staley et al, 2022;Wylie et al, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Greenwood et al . , Boyd and Hewlett , Stapleford and Todd ), little is known about the outcomes for non‐traditional entry SLT students from the perspective of their academic and professional achievement. Such information may assist healthcare education providers in providing the kind of tailored support which previous research has highlighted as important.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%