Communication Research Australia, Rankin Park, Australia.
Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2023 Feb;25(1):32-36. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2134458. Epub 2023 Feb 6.
More than 700 million people globally are still living in extreme poverty. No poverty (Sustainable Development Goal 1, SDG 1), is considered to be the greatest global challenge. This paper aims to outline the effects of poverty on communication and swallowing disabilities across the lifespan and steps to take for its amelioration.
Poverty and disability are in a vicious cycle with each being a cause for and a consequence of the other. Poverty has incontrovertible and significant ramifications for communication and swallowing disabilities across the lifetime from pregnancy to old age. The individual, family and social burden and costs of these disabilities have lifelong economic and social consequences.
Considering poverty is a known and important determinant of communication and swallowing disabilities, the most potent weapon is to focus on preventing and ameliorating poverty-related communication and swallowing disabilities in children. A call to action is issued to speech-language pathologists to take steps towards this goal. This commentary paper focusses on Sustainable Development Goal of no poverty (SDG 1) and also addresses zero hunger (SDG 2), reduced inequalities (SDG 10), and climate action (SDG 13).
目前全球仍有超过 7 亿人生活在极端贫困之中。消除贫困（可持续发展目标 1，SDG1）被认为是全球最大的挑战。本文旨在概述贫困对全生命周期中沟通和吞咽障碍的影响，以及改善这些障碍的措施。
贫困和残疾是一个恶性循环，彼此互为因果。贫困对从妊娠到老年的全生命周期中的沟通和吞咽障碍有着不可否认的重大影响。这些残疾给个人、家庭和社会带来的负担和成本会产生终身的经济和社会后果。
鉴于贫困是沟通和吞咽障碍的一个已知且重要的决定因素，最有力的武器是关注预防和改善与贫困相关的儿童沟通和吞咽障碍。本文呼吁言语语言病理学家采取措施实现这一目标。这篇评论文章聚焦于消除贫困（SDG1）这一可持续发展目标，同时也涉及零饥饿（SDG2）、减少不平等（SDG10）和气候行动（SDG13）。
