ReviewIranian journal of public health2017
Barriers and Facilitators of Health Literacy among D/deaf Individuals: A Review Article.
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- Association of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor and adiponectin with anxiety, depression, and stress in deaf adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Deaf People's Access to Health Care Services in Kabul City: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Access to information in deaf and hard-of-hearing people.PloS one · 2026Article
- Reducing health inequalities in the deaf community: a priority setting exercise.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Social determinants of access to health care among deaf people in the Dominican Republic: a qualitative study.BMC global and public health · 2025Article
- Nursing and midwifery students' perceptions of sign language training in Ghana: relevance, instructional methods, and assessment practices.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Consumers' recommendations for improving access to healthcare services to adolescents with disabilities in Ghana.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among persons with disabilities in three selected districts of Zambia.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Mental health services for the deaf: an exploratory study of the aetiology, sources of information, and access to mental health services among deaf persons in Ghana.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- "They still phone even though they know I'm deaf": exploring experiences of deaf people in health services in Wales, UK.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Experiences of hospital health professionals in the care of deaf patients.Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) · 2023Article
- Pharmacists' communication skills with deaf and hard of hearing patients: A needs assessment.PloS one · 2023Article
- Barriers to completing the 4AT for delirium and its clinical implementation in two hospitals: a mixed-methods study.European geriatric medicine · 2022Article
- Developing Signs of Safety: A Deaf-accessible counselling toolkit for trauma and addiction.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe implication of health literacy is the ability of individuals to find, understand, and use their required health information from reliable sources. It is an indicator of the individuals' participation in their own medical decision-making. Deaf individuals have limited health literacy and poor health status due to low literacy. Hence, this review was conducted to understand barriers and facilitators influencing health literacy among deaf community.
methodsWe searched the ISI Web of Sciences, Scopus, and Medline from 1987 to 2016. Seventy-three papers were analyzed thematically.
resultsWe found three primary themes, including inadequate health literacy, barriers, and facilitators to accessing health information and health care services among deaf individuals. Facilitators were composed of four sub-theme including legal activities protecting the right of deaf patients to accessing health services, training health professionals about effective communication with deaf patients, providing sign language interpreter services, and developing deaf-tailored educational health programs and materials.
conclusionClosing the deaf cultural gap and their limited access to health information are achievable through the removal of the communication barriers, allowing deaf individuals with more access to health learning opportunities, and informing the hearing community about the communicative skills of deaf individuals.
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