Prevention and performance role of speech-hearing therapist from University of Valley in Cali, Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101998000200012Keywords:
Speech therapy^i2^shealth manpo, Professional practice, Communicative disordersAbstract
INTRODUCTION: Preventive activities in communication disorders treated by speech-hearing therapists of the Universidad del Valle in Cali Colombia, between January and April, 1995, are described. METHODOLOGY: Forty-five professionals to whom a self administered questionnaire with 13 questions was applied, were included in the study. RESULTS: For 67% the program of graduation is basic as source of their preventive knowledge. 47% used only one of nine strategic options and 29% report the use of only two of these preventive interventions. For all communication areas, on average nearly 60% of speech-hearing therapists never use preventive actions. CONCLUSION: The alumni of the Universidad del Valle do not exercise the practice of prevention in a sistematic way it has been claimed by the curriculum of the school. Some determinants of social context and demand of professional services are suspected to induce a great reduction in the proportion and frecuency of preventive practice in the professional role.Downloads
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1998-04-01
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Cabrera, G. A., & Gabriel Carrasquila, J. (1998). Prevention and performance role of speech-hearing therapist from University of Valley in Cali, Colombia . Revista De Saúde Pública, 32(2), 178-183. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101998000200012