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ERIC Number: EJ868767
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Nov
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1058-0360
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Does Race/Ethnicity Really Matter in Adult Neurogenics?
Ellis, Charles
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, v18 n4 p310-314 Nov 2009
Purpose: Recent evidence suggests that race/ethnicity is a variable that is critical to outcomes in neurological disorders. The purpose of this article was to examine the proportion of studies published in the "American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP)" and the "Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR)" that were designed to examine neurologically based disorders of communication in adults and that reported the race/ethnicity of the participants. Method: A review of articles in "AJSLP" and "JSLHR" from 1997 through 2007 was completed to determine what proportion of articles in the area of adult neurogenic communication disorders reported the race/ethnicity of the participants. Results: Between 1997 and 2007, less than 15% of the 116 articles published in the 2 journals reported the race/ethnicity of the participants. The review of studies indicates that the reporting of the race/ethnicity of participants in studies of adult neurogenic communication disorders remains inconsistent. Conclusions: Because few studies report race/ethnicity or consider how race/ethnicity has the potential to confound the results and conclusions drawn, the generalization of the reported findings may be limited. Reporting race/ethnicity is likely critical to the external validity of studies in adult neurogenic communication disorders and when available can enhance the relevance of the findings reported. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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