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01-12-2012

Health Promotion via Deaf-Friendly Ministries

Authors: Georgia Robins Sadler, Patricia Branz, Matthew Fager, Sharon Seegers, Suzuho Shimasaki

Published in: Journal of Cancer Education | Issue 4/2012

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.

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Title: Health Promotion via Deaf-Friendly Ministries
Authors: Georgia Robins Sadler
Patricia Branz
Matthew Fager
Sharon Seegers
Suzuho Shimasaki
Publication date: 01-12-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Cancer Education / Issue 4/2012
Print ISSN: 0885-8195
Electronic ISSN: 1543-0154
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-012-0410-8

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