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- Title
Health promotion via deaf-friendly ministries.
- Authors
Sadler, Georgia Robins; Branz, Patricia; Fager, Matthew; Seegers, Sharon; Shimasaki, Suzuho
- Abstract
Deaf community members face many barriers to accessing health information. This paper discusses the feasibility of creating a nationwide network of Deaf-friendly ministries to help disseminate cancer information in American Sign Language (ASL) to the Deaf community. Deaf-friendly ministries (N = 403), identified through Internet searches and one-on-one referrals, were sent up to three mailed invitations to join the network. Over half of the ministries responded, with 191 (47.4 %) of the ministries joining the network, completing a baseline survey and receiving ASL cancer education videos to share with members of their congregation and community. Fifteen (3.7 %) responded that they were not interested or no longer had a Deaf-friendly ministry; the rest did not respond or their invitations were returned as undeliverable. As the program progressed, an additional 238 Deaf-friendly ministries were identified. To date, 61 (25.6 %) agreed to participate after the single invitation that was mailed. This network of Deaf-friendly ministries offers a promising dissemination partner.
- Publication
Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 4, p606
- ISSN
1543-0154
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13187-012-0410-8