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ArticleBMC pediatrics2018

A program to respond to otitis media in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a qualitative investigation of parent perspectives.

Caroline Jones, Mridula Sharma, Samantha Harkus, Catherine McMahon, Mele Taumoepeau, Katherine Demuth, Karen Mattock, Lee Rosas, Raelene Wing, Sulabha Pawar and 1 more

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Article in BMC pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Caroline JonesMARCS Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia. caroline.jones@westernsydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-6277-8262
Mridula SharmaAudiology Program, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, HEARing CRC, Sydney, Australia.
Samantha HarkusAustralian Hearing, Sydney, Australia.
Catherine McMahonAudiology Program, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, HEARing CRC, Sydney, Australia.
Mele TaumoepeauDepartment of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Katherine DemuthARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Karen MattockMARCS Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Lee RosasMARCS Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Raelene WingSunrise Health Service, Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.
Sulabha PawarThe Smith Family, Sydney, Australia.
Anne HampshireThe Smith Family, Sydney, Australia.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders · AUMacquarie University · AUSmith Family · AUWestern Sydney University · AUAustralian Hearing · AUKatherine Hospital · AUUniversity of Otago · NZ

Funding

Australian Research Council LP140100468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndigenous infants and children in Australia, especially in remote communities, experience early and chronic otitis media (OM) which is difficult to treat and has lifelong impacts in health and education. The LiTTLe Program (Learning to Talk, Talking to Learn) aimed to increase infants' access to spoken language input, teach parents to manage health and hearing problems, and support children's school readiness. This paper aimed to explore caregivers' views about this inclusive, parent-implemented early childhood program for 0-3 years in an Aboriginal community health context.

methodsData from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 9 caregivers of 12 children who had participated in the program from one remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory are presented. Data were analysed thematically. Caregivers provided overall views on the program. In addition, three key areas of focus in the program are also presented here: speech and language, hearing health, and school readiness.

resultsCaregivers were positive about the interactive speech and language strategies in the program, except for some strategies which some parents found alien or difficult: such as talking slowly, following along with the child's topic, using parallel talk, or baby talk. Children's hearing was considered by caregivers to be important for understanding people, enjoying music, and detecting environmental sounds including signs of danger. Caregivers provided perspectives on the utility of sign language and its benefits for communicating with infants and young children with hearing loss, and the difficulty of getting young community children to wear a conventional hearing aid. Caregivers were strongly of the opinion that the program had helped prepare children for school through familiarising their child with early literacy activities and resources, as well as school routines. But caregivers differed as to whether they thought the program should have been located at the school itself.

conclusionsThe caregivers generally reported positive views about the LiTTLe Program, and also drew attention to areas for improvement. The perspectives gathered may serve to guide other cross-sector collaborations across health and education to respond to OM among children at risk for OM-related disability in speech and language development.

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Attitude to HealthAdultCaregiversChild, PreschoolEarly Intervention, EducationalFemaleHearing LossHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInterviews as TopicLanguage DevelopmentMaleNorthern TerritoryOtitis MediaParentingHearing lossIndigenousInterventionsOtitis mediaQualitative

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