Deaf persons' english reading levels and associations with epidemiological, educational, and cultural factors.

One hundred six Michigan d/Deaf persons, part of a study evaluating how to improve d/Deaf persons' understanding of cancer prevention recommendations, had reading levels determined using the Test of Reading Comprehension, Syntactic Sentences. Respondents averaged 52 years old, 59% female, 84% Caucasian, 58% married, and 75% Deaf community members. The mean Test of Reading Comprehension, Syntactic Sentences score was 6.

Effectiveness of videos improving cancer prevention knowledge in people with profound hearing loss.

Deaf persons have a poorer understanding of cancer prevention, which is felt to be partly due to communication barriers. One hundred ninety-seven d/Deaf persons completed a survey and video on cancer prevention. Half viewed a spoken English program designed for hearing persons (control group); the other half viewed an amended program that had American Sign Language, captions, and printed English options added (experimental group).

Football (soccer) safety equipment use and parental attitudes toward safety equipment in a community youth sports program.

While a growing number of children are playing football (soccer), there are limited data on prevalence of injuries, actual use of football safety equipment (SE), and parental attitudes about football SE. We distributed a self-administered survey by mail to parents of all players enrolled in a community recreation youth football program. Parents of 865 children responded.

Cancer prevention knowledge of people with profound hearing loss.

Background: Deaf persons, a documented minority population, have low reading levels and difficulty communicating with physicians. The effect of these on their knowledge of cancer prevention recommendations is unknown.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of 222 d/Deaf persons in Michigan, age 18 and older, chose one of four ways (voice, video of a certified American Sign Language interpreter, captions, or printed English) to complete a self-administered computer video questionnaire about demographics, hearing loss, language history, health-care utilization, and health-care information sources, as well as family and social variables.

An integrative medicine patient care model and evaluation of its outcomes: the University of Michigan experience.

Background: The demand for integrative medicine care is increasing rapidly among patient consumers, yet the integrative medicine model is not the norm in clinical practice, nor is this approach a focus in traditional medical schools. Furthermore, patient well-being and satisfaction outcomes within an integrative care model are not common in the literature.

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to offer a summary of a model of integrative medicine patient care and its evaluation and outcomes from the University of Michigan Integrative Medicine Clinic.