TY - JOUR
T1 - Population health in pediatric speech and language disorders
T2 - Available data sources and a research agenda for the field
AU - Raghavan, Ramesh
AU - Camarata, Stephen
AU - White, Karl
AU - Barbaresi, William
AU - Parish, Susan
AU - Krahn, Gloria
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Scottish Rite Foundation of Nashville, TN. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Patti Simon to the conceptualization and organization of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report entitled “Speech and Language Disorders in Children: Implications for the Social Security Administration’s Supplemental Security Income Program.” Jennifer Flaubert provided research assistance to this work.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - Purpose: The aim of the study was to provide an overview of population science as applied to speech and language disorders, illustrate data sources, and advance a research agenda on the epidemiology of these conditions. Method: Computer-aided database searches were performed to identify key national surveys and other sources of data necessary to establish the incidence, prevalence, and course and outcome of speech and language disorders. This article also summarizes a research agenda that could enhance our understanding of the epidemiology of these disorders. Results: Although the data yielded estimates of prevalence and incidence for speech and language disorders, existing sources of data are inadequate to establish reliable rates of incidence, prevalence, and outcomes for speech and language disorders at the population level. Conclusions: Greater support for inclusion of speech and language disorder–relevant questions is necessain national health surveys to build the population science in the field.
AB - Purpose: The aim of the study was to provide an overview of population science as applied to speech and language disorders, illustrate data sources, and advance a research agenda on the epidemiology of these conditions. Method: Computer-aided database searches were performed to identify key national surveys and other sources of data necessary to establish the incidence, prevalence, and course and outcome of speech and language disorders. This article also summarizes a research agenda that could enhance our understanding of the epidemiology of these disorders. Results: Although the data yielded estimates of prevalence and incidence for speech and language disorders, existing sources of data are inadequate to establish reliable rates of incidence, prevalence, and outcomes for speech and language disorders at the population level. Conclusions: Greater support for inclusion of speech and language disorder–relevant questions is necessain national health surveys to build the population science in the field.
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U2 - 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-16-0459
DO - 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-16-0459
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29710342
AN - SCOPUS:85047237211
VL - 61
SP - 1279
EP - 1291
JO - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
JF - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
SN - 1092-4388
IS - 5
ER -