Autism and the African American Community

Gourdine, Ruby M.; Baffour, Tiffany D.; Teasley, Martell L.

doi:10.1080/19371918.2011.579499

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“…Although we adjusted for family-level education, residual differences in socioeconomic resources between black and white children likely exist, contributing to the differential changes over time. Previous research has noted under-diagnoses of mental illnesses such as autism for black and other minority children compared to white children (Gourdine, Baffour, & Teasley, 2011). There has also been speculation that minority children are under-screened for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by health professionals, which is possibly the result of statistical discrimination (Balsa & McGuire, 2001; Gibson, 2007; Mandell, Listerud, Levy, & Pinto-Martin, 2002; Mandell, Listerud, Levy, & Pinto-Martin, 2009).…”

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Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities

Mehta

Lee

Ylitalo

2013

Social Science & Medicine

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In the United States, race and ethnicity are considered key social determinants of health because of their enduring association with social and economic opportunities and resources. An important policy and research concern is whether the U.S. is making progress toward reducing racial/ethnic inequalities in health. While race/ethnic disparities in infant and adult outcomes are well documented, less is known about patterns and trends by race/ethnicity among children. Our objective was to determine the patterns of and progress toward reducing racial/ethnic disparities in child health. Using nationally representative data from 1998 to 2009, we assessed 17 indicators of child health, including overall health status, disability, measures of specific illnesses, and indicators of the social and economic consequences of illnesses. We examined disparities across five race/ethnic groups (non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Asian, and non-Hispanic other). We found important racial/ethnic disparities across nearly all of the indicators of health we examined, adjusting for socioeconomic status, nativity, and access to health care. Importantly, we found little evidence that racial/ethnic disparities in child health have changed over time. In fact, for certain illnesses such as asthma, black–white disparities grew significantly larger over time. In general, black children had the highest reported prevalence across the health indicators and Asian children had the lowest reported prevalence. Hispanic children tended to be more similar to whites compared to the other race/ethnic groups, but there was considerable variability in their relative standing.

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Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities

Mehta

Lee

Ylitalo

2013

Social Science & Medicine

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“…Some challenges faced by CLD families include limited knowledge of speech-language and audiology services, difficulty accessing the internet, delay in referrals, and delay in finding service providers [54]. In addition, several CLD families have limited understanding of health insurance and policies [55], receive late identification and diagnosis [56], and face financial barriers to accessing services [57]. Some families have limited understanding of assessments and their purpose [32].…”

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Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Santhanam¹,

Parveen²

2018

Clin Arch Commun Disord

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With the rapid rise in our culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) clientele, it is essential to understand the clinical self-efficacy of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serving these clients and to examine the efforts we have taken as a field to better prepare our future clinicians. Studies from the past 25 years that examine SLPs' clinical self-efficacy in CLD service delivery were located using electronic databases and manual searchers. A total of 13 articles were identified. A review of the existing studies indicated that reports on clinical self-efficacy among SLPs working with CLD clients has not markedly improved during the last two decades. Nevertheless, there is a positive trend in two areas: (1) the availability and access to training and resources for SLPs, and (2) the willingness to work with more CLD clients. Factors that are barriers to bilingual service delivery still need to be addressed. Future implications for stakeholders are discussed.

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“…Multiple studies have identified faith as a prominent support mechanism for parents raising a child with ASD (Bayat, 2007;Tarakeshwar & Pargament, 2001). For instance, spirituality was highlighted as a hallmark of how African American parents make sense of their role as a parent of a child with special needs (Gourdine, Baffour, & Teasley, 2011). Likewise, other authors have identified spiritual faith and expression as features of the parenting experience for parents of children with ASD in a multitude of multicultural contexts (Dyches, Wilder, Sudweeks, Obiakor, & Algozzine, 2004;Mandell & Novak, 2005).…”

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Narratives on the Factors That Influence Family Decision Making for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Dinora

Bogenschutz

2018

Journal of Early Intervention

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Families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) play a central role in selecting interventions for their children. Despite the importance of understanding the factors that motivate early decisions about treatment, the literature has concentrated little attention on how and why parents of young children with ASD make decisions about services and supports. Using a collective case study design informed by a diverse sample, this study found a heavy reliance on formal and informal sources of support in guiding parents' early treatment decisions for their young children with ASD. The Internet also served as a primary source of informational support to families. Findings highlight the importance of family support initiatives including peer-to-peer family mentoring and decision support aides to assist families in critically evaluating online and print information regarding ASD.

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Autism and the African American Community

Cited by 40 publications

References 34 publications

Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities

Child health in the United States: Recent trends in racial/ethnic disparities

Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients: A Review of Changing Trends in Speech-Language Pathologists’ Self-efficacy and Implications for Stakeholders

Narratives on the Factors That Influence Family Decision Making for Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

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