Ann K. Folkins|Georgia Robins Sadler|Celine M. Ko|Patricia Branz|Shane Marsh|Michael Bovee
Improving the Deaf community's access to prostate and testicular cancer information: a survey study
University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego
members deaf community face communication barriers accessing health information resolve inequalities educational programs must designed appropriate format language meet needsdeaf men 102 surveyed immediately following two months viewing 52minute prostate testicular cancer video american sign language asl open text captioning voice overlay provide deaf community information equivalent available hearing community video addressed two cancer topics depth inclusion two cancer topics lengthened video anticipated reduce redundancy encourage men diverse ages learn supportive culturally aligned environment also covering topics within partnerships limited budget survey data analyzed evaluate videos impact viewers pre postintervention understanding prostate testicular cancers well respondents satisfaction video exposure use early detection services sources cancer informationfrom baseline immediately postintervention participants overall knowledge increased significantly gain maintained twomonth followup men diverse ages successfully recruited worked effectively support group however combining two complex cancer topics depth one video appeared make difficult participants retain many relevant details specific cancer participants related much information would need watch video understand topic fully surveyed best sources health information participants ranked doctors first showed preference active rather passive methods learningafter viewing asl video participants showed significant increases cancer understanding effects remained significant twomonth followup however achieve maximum learning single training session one topic covered future educational videos