Deaf Weight Wise (DWW): A novel randomized clinical trial with Deaf sign language users (in ASL)

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Publication Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.23702

The video begins with Earl, an African American male, wearing glasses, a black watch, and a maroon polo shirt, standing in front of a dark grey background. There is a popup of white text on a black background in the top right corner: “Earl Allen, Research Coordinator.”

Earl is using American Sign Language (ASL), “Hello, in this video, our team, the three of us, will provide a signed summary of the publication, the first Deaf Weight Wise (DWW) randomized clinical trial (RCT).”
Image with screenshot of a publication appears, titled ‘Obesity: A Research Journal, The Obesity Society.’ Publication title in bold black: ‘Deaf Weight Wise: A novel randomized clinical trial with Deaf sign language users.’ For publication details, follow QR Code provided on-screen, link: doi.org/10.1002/oby.23702

Earl resumes, “Our Rochester Deaf community has identified two serious health concerns they are overweight and obesity. What do we do? Our Rochester Deaf people banded together and developed DWW for use with Deaf people. As a result, DWW was successfully addressing overweight and obesity.”

Video transitions to Kelly, a white female with long brown hair, wearing a blue-green sweater with a watch and rings on her hands, in front of a dark grey background. There is a popup of white text on a black background in the top right corner: ‘Kelly Matthews, Research Coordinator.’ Underneath this title is the logo of the ‘NCDHR: National Center for Deaf Health Research,’ in white.

Kelly (in ASL), “We here at The National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) have a long history of utilizing Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR).”

Two images appear to the left of Kelly. 1) A screenshot of publication: American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), ‘Community participatory research to identify health inequities with deaf sign language users’ appears. No active links in image, link to publication: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi...
2) A screenshot from a video of three community members appears, Patrick Graybill, Lori DeWindt, and Aaron Kelstone. All are sitting down in three individual brown chairs with the subtitle ‘Pat: Hey, do you remember the Deaf Health Survey?’ No active links in image, link to full video:    • Community Participatory Research With Deaf...  

Kelly continues, “Using findings from the original Deaf Health Survey, the NCDHR and Deaf Health Community Committee (DHCC) worked alongside community members to identify Rochester’s Deaf community health priorities. Because obesity was determined as a top priority; we then worked together to select an intervention to adapt for our community. Prior to DWW, there had not been evidence-based weight control programs that had been developed for use with deaf people. Both the NCDHR and DWW utilized culture-centeredness; a Deaf-centered approach for all aspects of the project. Community members were acknowledged for their experience and assisted with the cultural and linguistic adaptation, and during the DWW study, participants interacted with the study team primarily using ASL, study team members were either Deaf or hard of hearing themselves, or fluent in ASL; all DWW intervention counselors were Deaf, allowing for a Deaf-to-Deaf experience during group sessions throughout the program.”

The video transitions to Lori, a white female with wavy light brown hair, green eyeglasses, silver/gold dangling earrings, and wearing a black jacket in front of a dark grey background. There is a popup of white text on a black background in the top right corner: ‘Lori DeWindt, Research Coordinator.’

Lori (in ASL), “Using Weight Wise from the University of North Carolina, researchers and community members worked together to develop DWW. DWW is a 16-week intervention delivered in-person with groups.”
Images to the far right shows three images banded together in a row. From the top: 1) Weight-Wise in blue lettering and an oval picture drawing depicting two women, one in green and the other in blue. 2) A square box with the lettering ‘UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention’ on the far left, with a white circular open-air structure supported by circular columns. 3) on a white background, is the Deaf Weight Wise (DWW) logo inside a green-outlined square, the letters ‘DWW,’ and an abstract image of a person with a larger-sized shadow in the background. Followed by this logo is green text, ‘Deaf Weight Wise.’

Lori continues, “Throughout the 16-week session, two hours each week, DWW participants attended group meetings with 10-12 other Deaf people.”

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