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Characterization of Speech Therapists inserts in Communitarian Rehabilitation Centers

Authors

  • Sara Tapia S. Universidad de Chile
  • Fernanda Espinoza V. Hospital Barros Luco
  • Paulina Herrera M. Universidad Autónoma de Chile
  • Dominique Venegas M. Santiago
Vol. 15 (2016): Noviembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/rcdf.v15i0.44186

Abstract

The speech therapists task is currently influenced by prospects of health care based on biopsychosocial model; which tends to social inclusion of people with disabilities. In this text, this article aims to characterize professional work of speech therapists inserts in Communitarian Rehabilitation Centers (CRC) using community strategy (Community based rehabilitation, RBC) to carry out assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation processes. This qualitative research is part of a micro sociological approach which explores professional practices in health contexts. Data collection was performed using in-depth interview and nonparticipating technique in observation of two speech therapists practice that were recorded in logbooks. The information obtained was analyzed through content analysis. Speech therapists defined their role through actions that promoted their incorporation to a multidisciplinary health team, and the active participation of both the user/patient and the family in the rehabilitation process. The adequacy of actions to explain role specific aspects and carry out ways differences of speech therapists practice based on this communitarian rehabilitation strategy. Finally, expression of this strategy is partial and is still a challenge for speech therapists to base their daily practice on this strategy.

Keywords:

community based rehabilitation, communitarian rehabilitation centers, speech therapy.

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Tapia S., S., Espinoza V., F., Herrera M., P., & Venegas M., D. (2016). Characterization of Speech Therapists inserts in Communitarian Rehabilitation Centers. Revista Chilena De Fonoaudiología, 15, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5354/rcdf.v15i0.44186
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