Steven Barnett, Jonathan D. Klein, Robert Q. Pollard Jr, Vincent Samar, Deirdre Schlehofer, Matthew Starr, Erika Sutter, Hongmei Yang, Thomas A. Pearson
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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