Deaf Off Drugs and Alcohol: Evaluating a Technology-Assisted E-Therapy Program for SUD Treatment.
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Wright State University. Boonshoft School of Medicine. PO Box 927. Dayton, OH 45410-0927.
E-mail:josephine.wilson@wright.edu. URL(s):http://www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/doda. Principal Investigator: Josephine F. Wilson, DDS, PhD. Public Contact Phone: 937/775-1484. Project Number: H133G110285. About grant numbers. Start Date: October 1, 2011. Length: 36 months. NIDILRR Officer: Hugh Berry, EdD. NIDILRR Funding: FY 11 $84,324; FY 12 $62,629; FY 13 $53,045. Abstract: This project investigates the effectiveness of Deaf Off Drugs and Alcohol (DODA) based on five outcome measures: the Substance Abuse Screener in American Sign Language, Addiction Severity Index, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory, which is administered before substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and six months after SUD treatment has begun. Numerous barriers exist when attempting to provide culturally-appropriate SUD treatment to persons who are Deaf and hard of hearing (Deaf). These include a lack of accessible community-based treatment providers, a low geographic census of Deaf persons who are referred to treatment at any given time, difficulties in maintaining anonymity for Deaf individuals in treatment, minimal alternatives for accessible self-help support groups, and a general lack of information about SUD and Deafness by SUD treatment and Deaf service providers. Since 2008, the DODA Program has provided culturally appropriate cessation and recovery support services via a telemedicine program to Deaf individuals who are clinically diagnosed with a SUD. DODA is a collaborative effort of the Substance Abuse Resources and Disability Issues Program at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University; the Consumer Advocacy Model Program in Dayton (Montgomery County, OH), the Deaf Community Resource Center, Communication Service for the Deaf of Ohio, and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. Descriptors: Deaf, Substance abuse, Video Conferencing.
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