Expectations and experiences of accessing and participating in services for childhood speech impairment

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-267

  McAllister, Lindy ^a   McCormack, Jane ^b   McLeod, Sharynne ^b   Harrison, Linda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; service delivery; speech impairment; speech sound disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 79955978147     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2011.535565     Document Type: Article

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