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Deaf people encounter barriers to accessing cancer information. In this study, a graphically enriched educational video about cervical cancer was created in American Sign Language, with English open captioning and voice overlay. Deaf (n = 127) and hearing (n = 106) women completed cancer knowledge surveys before and after viewing the video. Hearing women yielded higher scores before the intervention. Both groups demonstrated a significant increase in general and cervical cancer knowledge after viewing the video, rendering posttest knowledge scores nearly equal between the groups. These findings indicate that this video is an effective strategy for increasing cervical cancer knowledge among deaf women.
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This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute Grants: R25 CA101317, R25 CA108731, R25 CA65745, P30 CA023100, 1U54CA132379, and 1U54CA132384; the National Institutes of Health, Division of National Center on Minority and Health Disparities-sponsored (P60 MD000220) UCSD Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities; the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant F31HD056623; the UCSD Academic Senate Grant; the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, San Diego Affiliate Grant Award; Alliance Healthcare Foundation 99–99; and the California Endowment. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of any of the funding agencies. The authors would like to thank Patricia Branz and Matt Fager for recruiting the deaf participants for this research study, and Peggy Lott, Jane Diamond, Jennifer Darby, the Vista Community Clinic Breast Health Program, San Diego Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, AARP Metro, Natasha Riley, Viridianna Perez-Conde, Erika Sosa for recruiting the hearing participants for this study. The authors also wish to acknowledge the supportive guidance given by: I. King Jordan, Ph.D. (Past President, Gallaudet University); Linda Lytle, Ph.D. and the late Barbara Brauer, Ph.D. (Professors at Gallaudet University); Nancy Bloch (President of the National Association of the Deaf); and Leslie Elion, J.D. (President of the Board of Directors for Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc.) for their enthusiastic and supportive guidance provided to this study. Revised by Jane Ye Eun Kim and Michelle Roxanna Moshiri.
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Yao, C.S., Merz, E.L., Nakaji, M. et al. Cervical Cancer Control: Deaf and Hearing Women’s Response to an Educational Video. J Canc Educ 27, 62–66 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-011-0264-5
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