Colorado Daylight Partnership
Resources
Local in Colorado
Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Deaf Overcoming Violence through Empowerment (DOVE)
CO Families for Hands & Voices
Colorado Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation
Hearing Loss Association of America – Colorado
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf Blind Youth and Adults –Colorado
Resources for Integrated Care Initiative for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Integrated Care
Heath, B., Wise Romero, P., & Reynolds, K. A Review and Proposed Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Healthcare. (2013). Washington, D.C. SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions. https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/integrated-care-models/CIHS_Framework_Final_charts.pdf
National Association of the Deaf (2015) Position Statement on Preservation of Mental Health Services for Deaf People in an Integrated Health Care https://www.nad.org/about-us/position-statements/position-statement-on-preservation-of-mental-health-services-for-deaf-people-in-an-integrated-health-care/
Colorado Daylight Partnership (2018) Research Report: Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community through Integrated Healthcare https://www.wellpower.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Research-Report-Colorado-Daylight-Partnership-Inegrated-CareInitiative.pdf
Legal Requirements for Nondiscrimination in Healthcare Access
- Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act
- 42 C.F.R. § 92.101 (Discrimination prohibited); 42 C.F.R § 92.201 (Meaningful access for individuals with § 92.202 (Effective communication for individuals with disabilities); 42 C.F.R. § 92.205 (Requirement to make reasonable modifications) See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/05/18/2016-11458/nondiscrimination-in-health-programs-and-activities?utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list&utm_medium=email&utm_source=federalregister.gov#sectno-citation-%E2%80%8992.101
Health Disparities and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Populations
Barnett, S., Klein, J., Polllard, R., Samar, V., Schlehofer, D., Starr, M., Sutter, E., Yang, H., & Persona, T. (2011). Community participatory research with deaf sign language users to identify health inequities. Vol. 11, Issue 12, American Journal of Public Health at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22021296
Barnett, S., McKee, M., Smith, S.R., Pearson, T. (2011). Deaf sign language users, health inequities, and public health: opportunity for social justice. Vol. 8, Issue No. 2, Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy at cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/mar/10_0065.htm.
DeVault, M., Garden, R., & Schwartz, M. (2017). Mediated communication in context: narrative approaches to understanding encounters between health care providers and deaf people. Disability Studies Quarterly at http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1715/1763.