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ArticleJournal of deaf studies and deaf education2017

Barriers and Facilitators to Deaf Trauma Survivors' Help-Seeking Behavior: Lessons for Behavioral Clinical Trials Research.

Melissa L Anderson, Kelly S Wolf Craig, Douglas M Ziedonis

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Article in Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mental Health Treatment Engagement Among Deaf Individuals.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2025
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  3. Deaf perceptions about treatment for alcohol use and mental health.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Melissa L AndersonUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School.
Kelly S Wolf CraigUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School.
Douglas M ZiedonisUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School.

Funding

University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical Science and Translational SupplementUL1TR001453 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LUZURIAGA, KATHERINE F · 2015 to 2024
$39.0M
University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceKL2TR001455 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KIEFE, CATARINA I. · 2015 to 2024
$5.0M
University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceKL2TR000160 · NCATS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LUZURIAGA, KATHERINE F · 2012 to 2014
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000160NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001455NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deaf individuals experience significant obstacles to participating in behavioral health research when careful consideration is not given to accessibility during the design of study methodology. To inform such considerations, we conducted an exploratory secondary analysis of a mixed-methods study that originally explored 16 Deaf trauma survivors' help-seeking experiences. Our objective was to identify key findings and qualitative themes from consumers' own words that could be applied to the design of behavioral clinical trials methodology. In many ways, the themes that emerged were not wholly dissimilar from the general preferences of members of other sociolinguistic minority groups-a need for communication access, empathy, respect, strict confidentiality procedures, trust, and transparency of the research process. Yet, how these themes are applied to the inclusion of Deaf research participants is distinct from any other sociolinguistic minority population, given Deaf people's unique sensory and linguistic characteristics. We summarize our findings in a preliminary "Checklist for Designing Deaf Behavioral Clinical Trials" to operationalize the steps researchers can take to apply Deaf-friendly approaches in their empirical work.

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Help-Seeking BehaviorAdultAgedBehavior TherapyChecklistClinical Trials as TopicDeafnessHealthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMassachusettsMiddle AgedPersons with Hearing DisabilitiesStress Disorders, TraumaticSurvivorsYoung Adult

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PMID27881479
PMCPMC6083920

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