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. 2011 Dec;101(12):2235-8.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300247. Epub 2011 Oct 20.

Community participatory research with deaf sign language users to identify health inequities

Steven Barnett  1 , Jonathan D Klein, Robert Q Pollard Jr, Vincent Samar, Deirdre Schlehofer, Matthew Starr, Erika Sutter, Hongmei Yang, Thomas A Pearson
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Community participatory research with deaf sign language users to identify health inequities

Steven Barnett et al. Am J Public Health. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are medically underserved and often excluded from health research and surveillance. We used a community participatory approach to develop and administer an ASL-accessible health survey. We identified deaf community strengths (e.g., a low prevalence of current smokers) and 3 glaring health inequities: obesity, partner violence, and suicide. This collaborative work represents the first time a deaf community has used its own data to identify health priorities.

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