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Barriers That Restrict Health Care Access For The Deaf Community And Interventions For Improved Patient Quality Care, Jacqueline Meraz
Barriers That Restrict Health Care Access For The Deaf Community And Interventions For Improved Patient Quality Care, Jacqueline Meraz
Grace Peterson Nursing Research Colloquium
Background: Deaf patients have lower levels of health literacy, given less health prevention, more likely to engage in harmful behaviors, and had higher rates of health disparities compared to the hearing population. Deaf people avoid healthcare because of their distrust of healthcare providers, and their previous negative experiences regarding communication issues. Barriers that restrict health care and proposed interventions were studied regarding the deaf patient population to account for these disparities.
Objectives: The purpose of this literature review is to identify barriers that deaf patients face when seeking healthcare and was framed using the Cultural Care Theory.
Method: An integrative …