TY - ADVS
T1 - Research Protocol-Developing strategies to improve accessibility of hearing health services for people from diverse ethnic communities
AU - Dawes, Piers
AU - Nickbakht, Mansoureh
AU - Scarinci, Nerina
AU - Newall, John
AU - Furze, Cailyn
AU - Nizar, Mehwish
AU - Timmer, Barbra
AU - Ching, Teresa Y. C.
AU - Harris-Roxas, Benjamin
AU - Scanlan, Emma
AU - Van Buynder, Patricia
AU - Waite, Monique
AU - Orlando, Marc
AU - Kruger, Jan-Louis
AU - Ekberg, Katie
AU - Dib, Mayada
AU - Ginis, Jan
AU - Barr, Margo
AU - Armitage, Christopher J.
A2 - Hickson, Louise
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Untreated hearing loss negatively impacts communication, quality of life, social engagement, and physical and mental well-being. People from diverse ethnic communities are more at risk of hearing loss, less likely to seek hearing services, and less satisfied with healthcare services, challenging health-related sustainable development goals. A 2021 review of the Australian Government-funded Hearing Services Program identified hearing health inequality among diverse ethnic communities and recommended researchers address shortfalls in service provision. This research protocol describes a project to inform the development of strategies to facilitate access to hearing care. The objectives include (a) identifying barriers and facilitators to accessing and using hearing services for ethnic communities in Australia, (b) identifying key culturally responsive behaviours for hearing care professionals working with diverse ethnic communities (c) identifying barriers for professional spoken language interpreters working with clinicians in hearing clinics, (d) assessing readability and usability of online hearing health information, (e) co-developing strategies for culturally responsive hearing care for hearing care professionals, and (f) implementing and evaluating these strategies
AB - Untreated hearing loss negatively impacts communication, quality of life, social engagement, and physical and mental well-being. People from diverse ethnic communities are more at risk of hearing loss, less likely to seek hearing services, and less satisfied with healthcare services, challenging health-related sustainable development goals. A 2021 review of the Australian Government-funded Hearing Services Program identified hearing health inequality among diverse ethnic communities and recommended researchers address shortfalls in service provision. This research protocol describes a project to inform the development of strategies to facilitate access to hearing care. The objectives include (a) identifying barriers and facilitators to accessing and using hearing services for ethnic communities in Australia, (b) identifying key culturally responsive behaviours for hearing care professionals working with diverse ethnic communities (c) identifying barriers for professional spoken language interpreters working with clinicians in hearing clinics, (d) assessing readability and usability of online hearing health information, (e) co-developing strategies for culturally responsive hearing care for hearing care professionals, and (f) implementing and evaluating these strategies
U2 - 10.6084/m9.figshare.26499952
DO - 10.6084/m9.figshare.26499952
M3 - Web publication/site
ER -