Sustainable Development Goals - Speech Pathology Australia podcast

Today Julie Marshall and I received an email from Nadia Marussinszky, Professional Education Senior Officer and Speak Up Podcast producer at Speech Pathology Australia. She wrote:

"From time to time Speech Pathology Australia will re-broadcast an episode, and to add a different angle to this we ask speech pathologists to select a previous episode to re-run, and then to share a brief, introductory reflection. I wanted to let you know that one of the members of our conference planning committee for 2025 has chosen the episode you recorded about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and recorded a reflection to introduce the episode. We will rebroadcast this in June this year...Once the episode has been re-broadcast we will send over a copy of the social media image SPA are using to promote the episode and link to the episode...

I also thought you might like to know that the episode has been streamed 3,946 times since publication! The information and guidance you shared has reached a lot of people, thank you for sharing it!"

Here are some of the resources that Speech Pathology Australia will share with the podcast: 

• IJSLP Issue on Communication, Swallowing, and the Sustainable Development Goals: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1  
• SPA introduction to the special issue of the IJSLP: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Members/News-and-publications/Publications/Speak-Out-Articles/Latest/Communication-swallowing-S-D-G.aspx 
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals 

Interventions presented at the World Health Organization Regional Commmittee Meeting for the Western Pacific

During the World Health Organization Regional Commmittee Meeting for the Western Pacific I presented two interventions on behalf of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) relating to:

• Agenda item 11 - Oral Health
  
• Agenda item 13 - Digital Health 
  
  

I thank Fiona Given, Meredith Allan, Shaun McCarthy and Bronwyn Hemsley for their insightful paper that I quoted in the intervention discussing digital health.

Given, F., Allan, M., McCarthy, S., & Hemsley, B. (2023). Digital health autonomy for people with communication or swallowing disability and the Sustainable Development Goal 10 of reducing inequalities and Goal 3 of good health and well-being. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2092212

Prof Sharynne McLeod reading the intervention regarding people with communication disability at the WHO meeting in Manila, Philippines (from the perspective of the Chairperson)

 

I was honoured to read the intervention on Digital Health on the morning of Thursday 24th October. Here is the #RCM75 YouTube channel for Day 4 with my  IALP intervention (53:00 – 57:00): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvgPIaZKlo0

Presenting two papers at the International Conference on Sustainable Development 2024

The 12th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD2024) https://ic-sd.org/ is being held 19-21 September 2024 in New York and online. The website states:

"The theme of the 2024 ICSD is “Solutions for the Future”. The aim of the conference is to bring together persons involved in research, policy, practice, and business, in advance of the 2024 United Nations Summit of the Future. Participants will share practical solutions for achieving the SDGs at local and national levels."

We are presented two papers:

• Listening to children's communication: Partnership for the Goals (SDG 17) - Presented by Carolyn Gregoric and Belinda Downey on behalf of the Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group - Session 1B Children, youth and the future of the SDGs. 
  
• Communication for all: Amplifying all voices for SDG achievement - Sharynne McLeod & Julie E. Marshall - Session 1C Intergenerational dialogues to improve policy and accountability at all levels of governance
  

They are available on the SDSN YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Bwtrg9IpDnypQ7t_jjAYQ

Here is information about ICSD from their website (https://ic-sd.org/about/):

"The International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) provides a forum for academia, government, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to come together to share practical solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."

"ICSD is the top academic international conference for discussing sustainable development issues. The parallel sessions include over 300 oral and poster presentations from researchers and development practitioners from across the world, presenting their work on topics ranging from gender equity to climate change to economic development, all focused on solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, ICSD’s plenaries allow participants to hear thought provoking speeches and conversations from leaders in the field of sustainable development. Speakers and panelists include heads of state, UN officials, CEOs, economists, and university professors. ICSD is a truly global event with programming that spans across all time zones and welcomes participants from all across the world – 149 countries in 2020 to be exact! Side events offer participants additional opportunities to meet with fellow participants, explore specific topics with more detail, and learn something new."

Session chairs and presenters in Session 1C
"Intergenerational dialogues to improve policy and accountability at all levels of governance"

More information about my session

1C Intergenerational dialogues to improve policy and accountability at all levels of governance

Chairs: Patrick Paul Walsh, University College Dublin; Enda Murphy, University College Dublin; Aparajita Banerjee, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

"Intergenerational dialogues bring together individuals of different age groups, and can be used to achieve numerous objectives, including improved governance. This session seeks case studies and analyses of how intergenerational dialogue can improve processes such as agenda setting, implementation, and follow up and review. The ambition is to change the discount rate, which prioritizes today over the future. Planning and implementation should embody future generations’ welfare across all policy dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) at all levels of governance."

SUBMITTED - Two papers for the International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD)

Today I submitted two 9 page papers for the International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD). Our abstracts were accepted for presentation some time ago, and today was the submission date for the full papers. The conference will be held in September. Our papers are titled: 

• Communication for all: Amplifying all voices for SDG achievement 
• Listening to children’s communication: Partnership for the goals (SDG17)

Invited presentation to the Cylch Ieithyddiaeth/Bangor Linguistics Circle

I was honoured to be invited to speak to the staff and students at Bangor University https://www.bangor.ac.uk/ and the Cylch Ieithyddiaeth/Bangor Linguistics Circle. Thank you to Bethan Collins who organised the event and to the engaged students and staff who attended.

Here is the title of my presentation: Communication professionals need to advocate for communication rights and the Sustainable Development Goals

Here is the abstract:

Communication is a human right for all. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression… regardless of frontiers” (Article 19, United Nations, 1948). As communication professionals, we have the power to enhance everyone’s participation in day-to-day life, families, communities, and society. When we support everyone’s ability to communicate, we contribute to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the five pillars of the 2030 Agenda: people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships.

McLeod, S. (2018). Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1428687

McLeod, S., & Marshall, J. (2023). Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494

Thank you Bethan Collins (PhD student) who organised the event

Some of the audience in Bangor and online

 

During my conversations I learned about Bangor University's commitment to sustainability and Prof Thora Tenbrink's work. She is Professor of Linguistics and Dean of Research at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Bangor University:

• Director of the Places of Climate Change Research Centre at Bangor University https://www.bangor.ac.uk/plocc and Co-leading the PATCCh WISERD research network (Place-based Approaches To Climate Change)  https://wiserd.ac.uk/project/patcch-network/
  
• Involved in the Public Map Platform project, which gives children on the island of Anglesey a voice regarding their local place, expressed through various arts methods in addition to language (https://publicmap.org/en)
  
• Part of the Rural Wales Local Policy and Innovation Partnership which aims at co-creating solutions to local challenges through communication with rural communities https://www.arsyllfa.cymru/cymru-wledig-lpip-rural-wales-phase-two/
  

 

Finally, I love this message on emails from the university as it encourages multilingualism: 

"Mae croeso i chi gysylltu gyda'r Brifysgol yn Gymraeg neu Saesneg. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi. You are welcome to contact the University in Welsh or English. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to delay."

Reporting Sustainable Development Goals at CSU

Today I met with the CSU team who document our engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

Dale Curran, Ben Heard, Sharynne McLeod, Dr Emmaline Lear

I have just found the updated URL for our Speech Pathology Australia pages reporting our SDGs research: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/About-Us/Advocacy/Communication-swallowing-SDG.aspx

Executive Board Meeting for International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Tonight was the Executive Board Meeting for International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

• Editors: Elizabeth Cardell and Natalie Munro
• Executive Board Members: Sharynne McLeod, Lyndsey Nickels, Mark Onslow, Liz Ward, Suze Leitão, Kirrie Ballard, Anne Whitworth,  Chris Code (UK), Edwin Yiu (HK)  

IJSLP continues to publish high quality impactful papers and our conversations were broad-ranging and included a number of innovations.

A few items on the agenda that related to our team:

• Our special issue about Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals has had 40,703 downloads and a mean citation rate of 2.28
• Most read article in the last year #2: Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals (3686 downloads)
•  Top Altmetric score in the last year #1: Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all (196)
• Top cited article in the last year #2: “Many wasted months”: Stakeholders’ perspectives about waiting for speech-language pathology services
• Top cited article in the last year #6: Waiting for speech-language pathology services: A randomised controlled trial comparing therapy, advice and device
  

RCSLT conference presentation about SDGs

Prof. Julie Marshall and I are presented a paper at the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' Conference (1-2 November, 2023). This conference was held online https://www.rcslt.org/events/rcslt-conference-2023/

Keynote with Julie Marshall - XXXIII Congreso Internacional AELFA-IF Santander, Spain

This week Prof Julie Marshall presented a keynote address at the XXXIII Congreso Internacional AELFA-IF Santander, Spain describing our work on Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on our special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology published earlier this year.

Communication and the SDGs at the IALP World Congress

Communication and the Sustainable Development Goals were profiled during the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand. 

Speech Pathology Australia had copies of our special issue of IJSLP available for delegates.

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494

Julie Marshall and I presented a session titled "Speech-Language Pathology and its Contribution to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals"

Authors in the IJSLP special issue

Prof Sharynne McLeod, Prof Julie Marshall, A/Prof Natalie Munro (IJSLP Editor)

SPA Deputy CEO, Prof Lindy McAllister, Prof Sharynne McLeod, SPA CEO, Nicole P

 

 We discussed papers within the special issue with authors

The representatives at Cochlear were interested in the paper written by Graeme Clark, inventor of the Cochlear implant: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2022.2142290

Sustainable Development Goals, Communication and Swallowing

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs https://sdgs.un.org/goals) “provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future” (United Nations, 2015). Each of the 17 SDGs impacts the world’s citizens and the United Nations encourages strong commitment by all stakeholders, to achieve these goals. Communication for all is essential for the achievement of the SDGs and everyone has a role.

Professor Sharynne McLeod (CSU) and Professor Julie Marshall (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) were the guest editors of a special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology titled “Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals” (open access - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1). Thirty-six papers, by authors from 36 countries, between them addressed all of the 17 SDGs, demonstrating the importance of communication and swallowing to their achievement. The 36 papers were written by authors who work in Australia, Austria, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, State of Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam. Innovations by communication professionals and researchers focussed on poverty, hunger, health, education, work, innovation, climate, cities, land, oceans, justice, and partnerships. This special issue supports the international call for SDG 18: Communication for All. 

• The following paper presents an overview of the special issue: McLeod, S., & Marshall, J. (2023). Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494 
• Professor Sharynne McLeod launched the special issue at a plenary session of the Speech Pathology Australia national conference in Hobart in May. 
• Throughout 2023 she has/will co-present with Professor Marshall about the special issue at conferences and seminars in Salzburg (Austria), Manchester (UK), Auckland (NZ), Santander (Spain) and Boston (USA). 
• Speech Pathology Australia has a webpage devoted to the special issue (https://bit.ly/SPAWEB_CSSDG) Additionally, 
• Speech Pathology Australia has launched a podcast on Soundcloud titled “UN Sustainable Development Goals: How speech pathologists can support peace and prosperity for people and the planet”: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/un-sustainable-development-goals-how-speech-pathologists-can-support-peace-and-prosperity-s05e18

Day 2: Presentations and meetings at Manchester Metropolitan University

Today Prof Julie Marshall and I gave a MMU Communication Disability and Participation research webinar. We presented a hybrid seminar (online and face-to-face) titled "Using the Sustainable Development Goals to advocate for communication and swallowing disability services: Evidence from a special edition of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology"

Here is the abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs https://sdgs.un.org/goals) consist of 17 Goals aimed at planet and people and cover many aspects of life on earth. McLeod and Marshall guest edited a Special Issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, focused on the SDGs and Communication/ Swallowing Disability. Thirty-six papers, by authors from 36 countries, between them addressed all of the SDGs, demonstrating the importance of communication and swallowing to their achievement (open access - https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1). In this presentation and workshop the presenters will summarise the SDGs and key learning from this special edition. Participants will be invited to consider the application of the SDGs to their personal and professional lives

Prof Sharynne McLeod and Prof Julie Marshall at MMU

Manchester Metropolitan University

SDGs podcast for Speech Pathology Australia

Prof Julie Marshall and I were interviewed by Nathan Cornish-Raley for a Speech Pathology Australia podcast in the Speak Up series. We were interviewed about the special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Langauge Pathology focussing on the Sustainable Development Goals. The episode has just been released on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/un-sustainable-development-goals-how-speech-pathologists-can-support-peace-and-prosperity-s05e18

Here are some of Nathan's excellent questions that we discussed:

• You received a lot of submissions on this topic: 36 articles. Did you think you would get that type of a response? What does that tell us about how speech pathologists see themselves and communication positioned in global, sustainable development?
• Can you give us an overview of the 17 SDGs? How did they come to be and what is next for them? · There’s an emphasis throughout the work on global partnerships and co-constructing change with local communities or people with lived experience
• Were there any “lessons-learned” about partnerships and multi-directional learning that stood out to you? · What were some of the things you discovered, or interesting perspectives on sustainability that you found during this project? 
•  There is an international call for an additional Sustainable Development Goal: SDG 18: Communication for All. Tell us about this. Where does it fit within this sustainable development? What movement has already happened in this space? How can speech pathologists help move this forward?

Launching the IJSLP Sustainable Development Goals special issue at the SPA conference

While at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference in Hobart, I launched the special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology on Communication, Swallowing, and the Sustainable Development Goals at the plenary session on Wednesday morning.

We took photographs of the authors and the SPA delegates so that we could show their support when we take this special issue to the United Nations.

I conducted a 1.5 hour workshop that included a video from co-guest editor Julie Marshall, and guest presentations from Bronwyn Hemsely, Fiona Given, Amy Freeman-Sanderson, and others.

I also met with a range of the authors to thank them for their excellent work with people who experience communication and swallowing disability.

Professor Bronwyn Hemsley co-authored papers addressing SDG 2, 3, 10, and 14

Dr Emma Quigan co-authored a paper with colleagues from New Zealand

Stephanie Weir and colleagues wrote about modern slavery

Amy Freeman-Sanderson wrote about sepsis

Fiona Given and Bronwyn Hemsley wrote about digital health autonomy

19,129 views of IJSLP special issue on the Sustainable Development Goals since March 2023

The Sustainable Development Goals special issue of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1) was officially published March 2023. Here are the statistics to date: 

• Total views = 19,129 
• Mean views per paper = 531 
• Range = 300-1124

 

Sustainable Development Goals: IJSLP special issue

Tonight we had a meeting with the editors of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology to discuss the promotion of our special issue regarding the Sustainable Development Goals.

We are going to be presenting papers, workshops and sessions about the SDGs, communication, and the special issue across the world - starting with the Speech Pathology Australia conference in Hobart next month.

Here is the link to the special issue: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1 

Here is the link to our lead paper that outlines the content of the special issue: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494

Prof Natalie Munro, Prof Sharynne McLeod, Pei-Yi Wu (SPA), Prof Libby Cardell, Prof Julie Marshall (UK)

Here is the link to Speech Pathology Australia's webpage describing the special issue: https://bit.ly/SPAWEB_CSSDG

Special issue: Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals

The special issue of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology has just been published
Title: Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals 

Guest Editors: Sharynne McLeod and Julie Marshall 

Each article is free to access (for 1 year).

Armstrong, E., McAllister, M., Coffin, J., Robinson, M., Thompson, S., Katzenellenbogen, J., Colegate, K., Papertalk, L., Hersh, D., Ciccone, N., & White, J. (2023). Communication services for First Nations peoples after stroke and traumatic brain injury: Alignment of Sustainable Development Goals 3, 16 and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2145356

Atherton, M., McAllister, L., Luong Thi Cam, V., & Hoang Thi Huyen, T. (2023). Community-based rehabilitation workers in Vietnam need assistance to support communication and swallowing: Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, 10, 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 107-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2132292

Baker, E., Li, W., Hodges, R., Masso, S., Jones, C., Guo, Y., Alt, M., Antoniou, M., Afshar, S., Tosi, K., & Munro, N. (2023). Harnessing automatic speech recognition to realise Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9, and 17 through interdisciplinary partnerships for children with communication disability. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 125-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2146194

Barrett, H., & Marshall, J. (2023). Participation, equality, and justice in Rwanda for people who experience communication disability: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 16. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2140828

Bryce, R., Easton, C., Bong, D., Net, C., Chan, S., & Knight, J. (2023). Building the speech-language pathology workforce in Cambodia through the lens of the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 112-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2146192

Camarata, S., Liu, X. L., Lee, W., Li, T., Jiang, F., & Simms, M. (2023). Adapting the UNICEF/WHO Nurturing Care Framework for speech-language pathologists to support Sustainable Development Goal 4. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 82-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2141327

Carroll, C., Fitzgibbon, I., & Caulfield, M. (2023). Community and university partnerships: Integrating Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10, 11, and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 102-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2154081

Chen, L., Debono, D., & Hemsley, B. (2023). A bite closer: Using 3D food printing to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 9 and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 58-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2132290

Crowe, K., Másdóttir, T., & Volhardt, M. D. S. (2023). Maximise your impact: Sustainable Development Goals-Focussed content in communication intervention and teaching. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 188-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2153165

Dada, S., Tönsing, K., Bornman, J., Samuels, A., Johnson, E., & Morwane, R. (2023). The Sustainable Development Goals: A framework for addressing participation of persons with complex communication needs in South Africa. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 47-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2143566

Dada, S., Wylie, K., Marshall, J., Rochus, D., & Bampoe, J. O. (2023). The importance of SDG 17 and equitable partnerships in maximising participation of persons with communication disabilities and their families. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 183-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2150310

Freeman, L., Staley, B., & Wigglesworth, G. (2023). Assessment equity for remote multilingual Australian Aboriginal students through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2129788

Freeman-Sanderson, A., Hammond, N. E., Brodsky, M. B., Thompson, K., & Hemsley, B. (2023). Sepsis, critical illness, communication, swallowing and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 68-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2132291

Gillett-Swan, J. K., & Burton, L. O. (2023). Amplifying children’s voices: Sustainable Development Goals and inclusive design for education and health architecture. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2148742

Given, F., Allan, M., McCarthy, S., & Hemsley, B. (2023). Digital health autonomy for people with communication or swallowing disability and the Sustainable Development Goal 10 of reducing inequalities and Goal 3 of good health and well-being. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2092212

Hamill, L., Kearns, A., Doig, L., Hesse, M., Frederick, D., Purcell, A., & Woolfenden, S. (2023). Screening for unmet social needs in paediatric speech-language pathology to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 77-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134456

Hemsley, B., Darcy, S., Given, F., Murray, B. R., & Balandin, S. (2023). Going thirsty for the turtles: Plastic straw bans, people with swallowing disability, and Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2127900

Isaksen, J., Beeke, S., Pais, A., Efstratiadou, E.-A., Pauranik, A., Revkin, S. K., Vandana, V. P., Valencia, F., Vuksanović, J., & Jagoe, C. (2023). Communication partner training for healthcare workers engaging with people with aphasia: Enacting Sustainable Development Goal 17 in Austria, Egypt, Greece, India and Serbia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2145355

Jagoe, C., O’Reilly, C. F., Gunnell, H., Tirzi, K., Lancaster, C., & Brahmbhatt, K. (2023). Communicating accessible messages for food insecure communities in Northern Mozambique: Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 2. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2140829

Jagoe, C., O’Reilly, C. F., James, L. E., Khaled, E., Alazzawi, H., & Enright, T. (2023). Interpersonal violence experienced by people with communication disabilities in Iraq: Sustainable Development Goals 16 and 5. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 130-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2146193

Kearns, Á., Clarke, D., Cusack, A., Gallagher, A., Humphreys, J., Kedge, S., & McKee, A. (2023). Intermediaries in the justice system for people with communication disability: Enacting Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and New Zealand. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134457

Khattab, G., Abdelwahab, A. G. S., Al-Shdifat, K., Alsiddiqi, Z., Floccia, C., Kouba Hreich, E., McKean, C., Messarra, C. M., Odeh, T., & Trebacz, A. (2023). Promoting early language development in the Arab world and Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 10 and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134459

McGill, N., Verdon, S., Curtin, M., Crockett, J., Parnell, T., & Hodgins, G. (2023). The impact of climate-related disasters on children’s communication and wellbeing: Addressing Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2156613

McLeod, S., & Marshall, J. (2023). Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494

Nancarrow, S., McGill, N., Baldac, S., Lewis, T., Moran, A., Harris, N., Johnson, T., & Mulcair, G. (2023). Diversity in the Australian speech-language pathology workforce: Addressing Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, and 10. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 119-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2023.2165149

Pillay, M., Quigan, E., & Kathard, H. (2023). Questions of suitability: The Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 162-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160013

Salins, A., Nash, K., Macniven, R., Halvorsen, L., Lumby, N., & McMahon, C. (2023). Culturally safe speech-language supports for First Nations children: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8 and 10. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 152-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2143565

Sherratt, S. (2023). Ameliorating poverty-related communication and swallowing disabilities: Sustainable Development Goal 1. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 32-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2134458

Snoddon, K., & Murray, J. J. (2023). Supporting deaf learners in Nepal via Sustainable Development Goal 4: Inclusive and equitable quality education in sign languages. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 92-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2141325

Sommer, C. L., Crowley, C. J., Moya-Galé, G., Adjassin, E., Caceres, E., Yu, V., Coseteng-Flaviano, K., Obi, N., Sheeran, P., Bukari, B., Musasizi, D., & Baigorri, M. (2023). Global partnerships to create communication resources addressing Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, 8, 10, and 17. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2130430

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Special issue - Communication, swallowing and the SDGs

I have just signed off on the final page proofs for our special issue on Communication, swallowing and the SDGs to be published by the Q1 journal - International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

This special issue of IJSLP demonstrates that successful communication is necessary for realisation of all 17 SDGs at both a global and an individual level and advances the international call for SDG 18: Communication for All. The 36 papers address all 17 goals, focussing on poverty, hunger, health, education, work, innovation, climate, cities, land, oceans, justice, and partnerships. Authors worked and undertook their research in Australia, Austria, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, State of Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam.

Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals

The following paper has been accepted for publication today:

McLeod, S. & Marshall, J. E. (in press). Communication for all and the Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.  

Purpose. Communication is central to the accomplishment of each of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is a fundamental human right. 

Method. This special issue of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (IJSLP, vol. 25, no. 1) was dedicated to communication, swallowing and the SDGs; particularly focussing on people with communication and/or swallowing disability and those who support them. 

Result. This special issue of IJSLP demonstrates that successful communication is necessary for realisation of all 17 SDGs at both a global and an individual level and advances the international call for SDG 18: Communication for All. The 36 papers address all 17 goals, focussing on poverty, hunger, health, education, work, innovation, climate, cities, land, oceans, justice, and partnerships. Authors worked and undertook their research in Australia, Austria, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, State of Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam. 

Conclusion. Communication for all is essential for the achievement of the SDGs, “peace and prosperity for people and the planet” (United Nations, 2015a). The achievement of the SDGs is the role of all; including communication professionals, people with communication/swallowing disability, their families and communities.

IJSLP special issue: Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals

I am delighted to report that today all papers have been accepted for the IJSLP special issue: Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals. 

The 36 papers address all 17 goals, focussing on poverty, hunger, health, education, work, innovation, climate, cities, land, oceans, justice, and partnerships. 

Authors worked and undertook their research in Australia, Austria, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, State of Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam.

Thanks to  

• Co-guest editor: Julie Marshall from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• IJSLP editors: Libby Cardell and Natalie Munro
• IJSLP Taylor and Francis staff
• Authors from across the world who are doing great work with people with communication disability and communication professionals. 

There are a few papers that still need page proofs finalised - then the special issue will be ready for publication as volume 25(1) in 2023.

Julie Marshall, Sharynne McLeod, Libby Cardell, Natalie Munro

A blank slate again - all papers have been finalised :)