Join us for our next EDI seminar featuring Dr Katherine Rogers who will talk about health outcomes and inequalities faced by the signing Deaf community.
Date: Monday December 05 2022 12.00 – 12.45pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
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About the webinar
Previous research has indicated that the mental health and health related outcomes are poorer in Deaf signing populations compared to the general population. This presentation will cover the inequalities faced by Deaf people, including what existing research tell us about the population. Additionally, a current evaluation project involving Deaf people living with cancer will be discussed.
About Dr Katherine Rogers
Dr Katherine Rogers is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Post-Doctoral Fellow and has been involved in the Social Research with Deaf people (SORD) group at the University of Manchester since 2006. Her research interests primarily involve issues pertaining to Deaf communities and their families, especially those which promote more positive outcomes. Examples of research projects that she has been involved with include the mental well-being of d/Deaf people, evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of BSL IAPT, and the validation of standardised psychometric instruments with d/Deaf populations. Additionally, she is a co-investigator in the Deaf Cancer Support project: Evaluation study, and is chair of the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD).