Parent perspectives of ear health and the relationship with children’s speech and language in the longitudinal study of Indigenous children
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Morrow, Anita, Orr, Neil, Nash, Kai, Coates, Harvey, Cross, Cara, Evans, John Robert, Gunasekera, Hasantha, Harkus, Samantha, Harrison, Linda J., McLeod, Sharynne, McMahon, Catherine, Neal, Katie, Salins, Andrea and Macniven, Rona. (2023). Parent perspectives of ear health and the relationship with children’s speech and language in the longitudinal study of Indigenous children. Children. 10(1), pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010165
Authors | Morrow, Anita, Orr, Neil, Nash, Kai, Coates, Harvey, Cross, Cara, Evans, John Robert, Gunasekera, Hasantha, Harkus, Samantha, Harrison, Linda J., McLeod, Sharynne, McMahon, Catherine, Neal, Katie, Salins, Andrea and Macniven, Rona |
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Abstract | Health and well-being are holistic concepts that are perceived to be inseparable for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We examined relationships between parent-reported ear symptoms for 787 Indigenous children at two time points (age 2–3 years, age 4–5 years) and two parent-reported speech and language outcomes one year later (age 5–6 years). Most parents (80.2%) reported no concern about their child’s expressive language and (93.8%) receptive language. Binary logistic regression models examined ear health as a predictor of children’s expressive and receptive speech and language adjusting for sociodemographic and health covariates. For children without parent-reported ear symptoms, there were lower odds of parental concern about expressive speech and language (aOR = 0.45; 95% CI 0.21–0.99) and receptive language (aOR = 0.24; 95% CI 0.09–0.62). Parents were less likely to have concerns about the child’s expressive speech and language if their child was female, lived in urban or regional areas, had excellent or very good global health, or had no disability when aged 2–5 years. Since parent-reported ear health and speech and language concerns were related, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children could benefit from culturally safe, strength-based, and family-centered integrated speech, language, and ear health services. |
Keywords | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Indigenous; parents; speech; language; communication; hearing; child; preschool; cohort studies |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Children |
Journal citation | 10 (1), pp. 1-13 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
ISSN | 2227-9067 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/children10010165 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/1/165 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-13 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 14 Jan 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 12 Jan 2023 |
Deposited | 16 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. |
This article is an open access article | |
Funding: Footprints in Time—The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. | |
Place of publication | Switzerland |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90wwv/parent-perspectives-of-ear-health-and-the-relationship-with-children-s-speech-and-language-in-the-longitudinal-study-of-indigenous-children
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