The Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) are sub-minorities and disproportionately impacted by cardiovascular diseases (CVD) due communication barriers since 93% do not read at an elementary level in which I too could not read until my late teen years (Mckee, Mckee, Winters, Sutter, & Pearson, 2014; McKee, & Paasche-Orlow, 2012; Strong & Prinz, 1997). Cultural awareness among health care providers needs to the development of effective outreach system that can help better deliver the quality of healthcare and information to the DHOH population (Barnett, McKee, Smith, & Pearson, 2011). The providers must take into consideration the link between communication barriers, insufficient English proficiency, inability to access community-based health outreach …show more content…
We, DHOH, who are afflicted each day of hardship faced in health care, are the ones ' who can implement best practices that are culturally appropriate to intervene reducing the challenges encountered in the communities (Barnett, et al., 2011; Kuenburg et al., 2015). Sacred public health leaders remain an issue of those who are capable of intervening on behalf of the DHOH people to reduce CVD epidemic that is prevalence in the American society (American Heart Association, 2015; Barnett et al., 2011; McKee et al., 2014). Moreover, CVD will continue to increase in the DHOH population if DHOH leaders remain sacred in the field of public health positions. In the United States (US), the US once spent 80 million dollars in the year 1987 to care and treat the DHOH population (Zazove & Doukas, 1994), which is now nearly $2.1 billion of direct cost for treatment excluding indirect cost that does not constitute to medical certified interpreters (Centers for Disease and Control [CDC], 2015a). In a population of about 48 million DHOH people living in the US out of the increasing 250 million counted DHOH worldwide, United Nations and WHO leaders are calling for people who are passionate to help improve to correct systematic barriers faced (National Institutes of Deafness and other …show more content…
Since CVD is preventable through proper health education and awareness, the course information gather opened my understanding while shaping my characteristic to realized that system changes require collaboration and partnership. The use of applied social networking theory is a requirement to build on relationships with other leaders and tap into available resources in getting the job completed through the need for corporate in a
Kimmy Bachmann A Journey into the Deaf-World Chapter 1 The narrator begins this chapter by introducing himself as well as his colleagues and co-authors. Ben Bahan, the narrator, is a deaf man from New Jersey whom was raised by deaf parents and a hearing sister. After spending an immense amount of time studying American Sign Language (ASL) he moved on to now become an assistant professor at Gallaudet University in the Deaf studies Department. His colleague Harlan Lane, a hearing man, is a specialist in the psychology of language and having many titles is a key aspect of this book as he believes, as does most of the Deaf-World, that they are a minority language and takes up their point of view to the hearing world.
Just like members of other minorities, such as Hispanics and African-Americans, Deaf people experience some of the same oppression and hardships. Although the attempts to "fix" members of and obliterate the DEAF-WORLD are not as highly publicized as problems with other minorities, they still exist. Throughout time, hearing people have been trying to destroy the DEAF-WORLD with the eugenics movement, the mainstreaming of Deaf children into public hearing schools, and cochlear implants.
With around 70,000 special education students with hearing losses in the US it is no wonder that teaching these students the art of music has become an important opportunity within their education (U.S. Department of Education). According to Darrow and Heller (1985) as well as Solomon (1980) the history of education for students with hearing loss extends over a hundred and fifty years. These students have every right to music education classes and music instructors need to understand their unique learning differences and similarities to those of the average typical (mainstreamed) student to ensure these students have a successful and comprehensive learning experience. Despite this, there are still plenty of roadblocks, one of which may be some music instructor’s lack of effective practices and methods to successfully teach to the student’s more unique needs. Alice Ann-Darrow is a Music Education and Music Therapy Professor at Florida State University. Darrow’s article “Students with Hearing Losses” focuses not only on the importance of music education for these students but it is also a summarized guide of teaching suggestions containing integral information for the unique way these students learn.
I know numerous East Africans and other minorities who fear and put off going to the hospital or clinic simply because they feel no one truly understands them on a more personal level and that their needs can’t and won’t be met entirely. According to the American Medical Association over 55% of health care providers agreed that, “minority patients generally receive lower quality health care” due to the lack of cultural competence. Those of different cultural backgrounds feel uneasy due to communication barriers and the lack of cultural competency amongst some health care providers. As a Somali-speaking nurse, I feel Somali patients, along with those of varying cultural backgrounds would be able to establish that sense of ease that’s needed when entering a health care facility or without having to feel the shame of having an interpreter hear about their personal health issues. According to Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence,
The United States’ population is currently rising exponentially and with growth comes demographic shifts. Some of the demographics shifts include the population growth of Hispanics, increase in senior citizens especially minority elderly, increase in number of residents who do not speak English, increase in foreign-born residents, population trends of people from different sexual orientation, and trends of people with disabilities (Perez & Luquis, 2009). As a public health practitioner, the only way to effectively eliminate health disparities among Americans, one must explore and embrace the demographic shifts of the United States population because differences exist among ethnic groups (Perez, 2009). We must be cognizant of the adverse health conditions for each population and the types of socioeconomic factors that affect them. Culture helps shape an individual’s health related beliefs, values, and behaviors. It is more than ethnicity and race; culture involves economic, political, religious, psychological, and biological aspects (Kleinman & Benson, 2006). All of these conditions take on an emotional tone and moral meaning for participants (Kleinman & Benson, 2006). As a health professional, it is one’s duty to have adequate knowledge and awareness of various cultures to effectively promote health behavior change. Cultural and linguistic competencies through cultural humility are two important aspects of working in the field of public health. Cultural competency is having a sense of understanding and respect for different cultural groups, while linguistic competency is the complete awareness of the language barriers that impact the health of individuals. These concepts are used to then work effectively work with various pop...
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Individuals who are deaf or are hearing impaired are faced with many problems in today’s world. There are so many tasks and activities that are done today that deaf or hearing impaired people may have difficulty doing because of there handicap. There handicap used to stop them or inhibit them from doing something that they are interested in or there friends and neighbors would do. However in today there are new and different technologies, that help the deaf and hearing impaired in the activities in which they want to participate in which is hard for them to take part in because of there handicap. Technology is used to help with everyday tasks in the lives of deaf and hearing impaired individuals. With out this new technology which is being invented everyday, deaf and hearing impaired people may be considered to have a handicap which prevents them from certain activities, but this is not the case anymore, now these people just have different obstacles which through the use of technology they are learning to over come. They can do anything that regular normal range of hearing individuals can do, due to the new technology being invented everyday.
Have you ever felt like there was nothing that you can do for your child? In this book, Deaf Like Me, by Thomas S. Spradley and James P. Spradley, I can see the journey that Lynn’s parents took to get her help. (Spradley & Spradley, 1978). This book was an excellent read. I really liked the way that they described the ways they tried to help Lynn to understand the world around her. The book, is a great asset for any family that might be unexpectedly put into a situation that they know nothing about such as a deaf child.
“Being deaf does not make you dumb, just as being hearing does not make you smart.” The author of this quote is unknown, but the concept behind these words is true in every aspect: hearing people do not know much about the Deaf culture. Our world is always quick to jump to conclusions when it comes to different people. This leads to many misconceptions and unknown realities about Deaf people and their way of life. So much is unknown about the Deaf world; for example, many do not know the qualifications for being deaf and the day to day activities deaf people can participate in. Everyone should be able to receive a chance to see inside the Deaf culture and be enlightened to the truth.
The communication styles I have encounter in the Deaf/ Deafblind community so far are ASL, Tactile ASL, and some Oral communication. ASL was nothing new to me I have used it in many times before both in class, as well as in the Deaf community over the past five years. Tactile and Oral methods are new to me and I had not met anyone till this experience with the DSZ who used these forms to communicate. Yes I had the knowledge of these styles I just never had first hand experience seeing or using these methods. When I finally used Tactile it was interesting but I do have to say it’s not my favorite, this being because it requires a lot of touching, which I am not fully comfortable with.
As our communities become progressively diverse, healthcare and healthcare professionals are faced with many new challenges. Language barrier alone is one major area where which can lead to misunderstandings, miscommunication and as a result, affect patient care in a negative way. Other challenges to the healthcare providers are the cultural differences influencing how people view health vs. illness. Often what some people might view to be health others might perceive very differently. Issues of perceptions can play a role in whether a person will or decides against seeking help. Certain diseases depending on a culture might have stigmas attached to them, such as AIDS, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, or a mental illness to name a few. Patients may not want to discuss such conditions with their
I notice from the case study of week #1 and our various places of practices today that language barrier is becoming progressively more challenging for health care services. It is the job of teachers and employers to make sure future and current healthcare staffs have the resources and skills to communicate with their patient of different nationalities. With the increase growth of healthcare and technology, so should communication be growing along with it.
Richard Axel, a professor at Columbia University (Axel), once said “Each species lives its own unique sensory world of which other species may be partially or totally unaware” (Axel 234). There are many unique species that exist throughout the world, but one of the many prominent species are deaf people. Deaf people must live in their own sensory world because they cannot hear or they have difficulty hearing, which rejects the idea of perception. Perception is defined as the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. Deaf people learn to adapt to the hearing world while facing obstacles everyday. Most hearing people are oblivious to the hardships deaf people face, which makes the lives of the deaf even harder. On top of deaf people living a difficult life because of their hearing loss, they also have to face discrimination amongst the rest of the world. This leads to the question: “In what ways do the deaf community face discrimination and what can be done to end the prejudice?” According to Gallaudet University, the only university that is designed
Let’s consider who are deaf people. They are people who have auditory challenges and differing degrees of deafness. Deaf people have their own culture. They have created individual groups, use their own language, have their own University for higher education, have their own publications and distinct sporting events, including the Olympics. Today’s technology has been beneficial for deaf language through the ease of electronic communication devices that allow deaf people can communicate with more ease. They are very gratified with their lifestyle, culture and lead productive and happy lives.