Understanding the Health Care Needs of the Deaf Community Through Medical Interpreters.

IF 3.8 3区医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

American family physician Pub Date : 2024-10-01

Chandra A Char, Michael McKee

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Abstract

For approximately 500,000 Deaf people in the United States who use American Sign Language (ASL), accessing quality health care is challenging.1 Deaf people are more likely to have been admitted to a hospital in the past 12 months and have a history of chronic illness (e.g., cardiovascular disease, arthritis, HIV, obesity) compared with those without hearing impairment.2,3 Contributing factors include lack of cultural competency, few appropriately trained ASL interpreters, insufficient clinician education, and low health literacy levels.4 Deaf is defined here as people who are culturally Deaf (values, traditions, and norms5,6) and use ASL as a primary mode of communication.

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通过医疗口译了解聋人群体的医疗需求。

1 与没有听力障碍的人相比，聋人在过去 12 个月中更有可能入院治疗并有慢性病史（如心血管疾病、关节炎、艾滋病、肥胖症）。4 这里的聋人是指在文化上属于聋人（价值观、传统和规范5,6）并使用 ASL 作为主要交流方式的人。

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American family physician 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

2.50%

发文量

368

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： American Family Physician is a semimonthly, editorially independent, peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. AFP’s chief objective is to provide high-quality continuing medical education for more than 190,000 family physicians and other primary care clinicians. The editors prefer original articles from experienced clinicians who write succinct, evidence-based, authoritative clinical reviews that will assist family physicians in patient care. AFP considers only manuscripts that are original, have not been published previously, and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Articles that demonstrate a family medicine perspective on and approach to a common clinical condition are particularly desirable.