Open AccessThe Deaf Community's Experiences Navigating COVID-19 Pandemic Information
Author(s) -
Tiffany Panko,
Jessica Contreras,
Daphine Postl,
Ashley Mussallem,
Sara Champlin,
Michael K. PaascheOrlow,
Joseph C. Hill,
Melissa A. Plegue,
Peter C. Hauser,
Michael McKee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
health literacy research and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2475-6024
pISSN - 2474-8307
DOI - 10.3928/24748307-20210503-01
Subject(s) - health literacy , american sign language , social distance , phone , medicine , public health , pandemic , sign language , health care , psychology , covid-19 , family medicine , nursing , disease , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Users of American Sign Language (ASL) who are deaf often face barriers receiving health information, contributing to significant gaps in health knowledge and health literacy. To reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its risk to the public, the government and health care providers have encouraged social distancing, use of face masks, hand hygiene, and quarantines. Unfortunately, COVID-19 information has rarely been available in ASL, which puts the deaf community at a disadvantage for accessing reliable COVID-19 information.