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JCPSLP

Volume 18, Number 3 2016

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Creating sustainable services: Minority world SLPs in majority world contexts

S

peech-language

pathology offers countless

opportunities for those

who are interested in working

beyond geographical borders,

across cultures, to understand

and help address the needs of

individuals with communication

and swallowing difficulties at an

international level. For me, the

opportunity first arose during

my undergraduate studies, via a

self-guided study tour with two

student colleagues through Nepal,

Bangladesh, and India. At the

time, these were often described

as “developing” or “emerging”

countries, terms that are now

commonly replaced by “majority

world” which captures the

proportion of the world’s people

represented, and contrasts with the relatively small proportion living in “minority

world” (otherwise described as “developed”) countries. Our goal was to learn from

experts in community-based rehabilitation who were working on the ground in

villages, towns, and cities in the countries we visited to deliver timely, appropriate,

and effective support to persons with developmental and acquired disability. How I

wish we had available to us at the time the wealth of information presented in this

issue of

JCPSLP

focused on minority world speech-language pathologists working

in majority world contexts.

This issue is guest edited by Bea Staley and Suzanne C. Hopf, who have brought

together an outstanding group of local and international authors to advance

understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with international work

and collaboration. The issue is infused with personal reflections and insightful advice,

both of which are critical to minority world SLPs working ethically and effectively

in majority world contexts, and also discusses implications for all SLPs aiming to

initiate and sustain mutually beneficial and rewarding partnerships, wherever these

partnerships occur. A common theme across articles is the importance of “change”

as a multidirectional process that leaves all people and parties in better positions as

a result of the work together, for the benefit of one another.

In reflecting on this issue, which is the last under my editorship, as well as the

work of the journal more broadly, the same theme emerges. The

JCPSLP

is a place

where clinicians, researchers, and other members of the community come together

to share knowledge, critical and clinical insights, and novel ideas to move our field

forward. The journal works because authors, reviewers, members of the editorial

committee, and the publication team understand the magnitude of “change” that

can occur when the right information is given to the right people, at the right time;

and generously volunteer their knowledge and skills to make it happen. I would like

to sincerely thank all of those who contribute to the journal in this way, and extend

my very best wishes to Dr Leigha Dark who will now take over as editor.

From the editor

David Trembath

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From the editor

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Special issue:

A diverse global network of

speech-language pathologists –

Bea Staley

and Suzanne C. Hopf

108

Building collaboration:

A participatory

research initiative with Vietnam’s first

speech-language pathologists –

Marie

Atherton, Bronwyn Davidson, and

Lindy McAllister

116

Sustainable partnerships for

communication disability rehabilitation in

majority world countries:

A message from

the inside –

Karen Wylie, Clement

Amponsah, Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe,

and Nana Akua Owusu

121

Professional and personal benefits of

volunteering:

Perspectives of International

clinical educators of Vietnamese speech-

language pathology students in Vietnam

Lindy McAllister, Sue Woodward, and

Srivalli Nagarajan

126

Development of the Vietnamese Speech

Assessment

Ben Pha. m, Sharynne

McLeod, and Xuan Thi Thanh Le

131

Practice innovations from the emerging

speech-language pathology profession

in Vietnam:

Vignettes illustrating

indigenised and sustainable approaches

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung, Le Khanh Dien,

Christine Sheard, Le Thi Thanh Xuan, Trà

Thanh Tâm, Hoàng V

ă

n Quyên, Le Thi Dao,

and Lindy McAllister

137

Building speech-language pathology

capacity and colleagues across

continents

Abbie Olszewski and

Erica Frank

139

Applying theories of cultural

competence to speech-language

pathology practice in east Africa

Helen Barrett

145

Ethical conversations:

“I can’t believe you

want to leave at lunch time” – A reflection

on how narrative ethics may inform ethical

practice in cross-cultural and majority-world

contexts –

Helen Smith

148

Webwords 56:

Minority-world SLPs/SLTs in

majority-world contexts –

Caroline Bowen

151

Resource reviews

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