?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F36275%2F&rft.title=Adapting+existing+human+services+to+meet+the+needs+of+the+deaf+population%3A+a+program+evaluation+on+administrative+case+management+in+American+sign+language&rft.creator=White%2C+Makenzie&rft.description=The+deaf+population+is+a+minority+that+has+historically+lacked+access+to+a+variety+of+services+and+today+that+is+no+different.+Pennsylvania%2C+and+specifically+the+city+of+Pittsburgh%2C+have+always+been+at+the+front+end+of+changes+within+the+deaf+community.+In+1869+the+Western+Pennsylvania+School+for+the+Deaf+was+founded+in+Pittsburgh%2C+and+it+was+the+first+day+school+for+the+deaf+in+the+country.+This+was+a+watershed+event+for+deaf+individuals+and+really+established+the+city+of+Pittsburgh+as+the+preeminent+service+provider+for+those+who+are+deaf.+While+a+lot+has+changed+within+the+city%2C+and+the+deaf+community+since+the+founding+of+this+school%2C+in+many+ways+the+city+has+expanded+in+the+number+of+opportunities+available+for+those+that+are+deaf.++However%2C+the+deaf+population+still+has+significant+barriers+in+terms+of+accessing+services%E2%80%94especially+those+that+are+adapted+to+their+needs+and+in+American+Sign+Language+(ASL).+%0D%0A%09CLASS+is+a+non-profit+in+Pittsburgh+that+has+fifty+plus+years+of+experience+working+with+the+disability+population.+Over+the+years%2C+CLASS+has+worked+with+deaf+individuals+but+never+offered+a+program+specifically+focused+on+this+minority.+CLASS+has+a+comprehensive+case+management+program+for+people+with+disabilities+and+the+pilot+program+under+review+looks+to+adapt+this+program+to+fit+the+needs+of+the+deaf+population.+The+pilot+program+discussed+in+this+paper+provides+free+administrative+case+management+in+ASL+in+order+to+determine+how+existing+human+services+can+be+adapted+to+meet+the+needs+of+this+population+without+creating+a+whole+new+program.+The+public+health+significance+is+that+this+program+attempts+to+understand+if+providing+services+in+American+Sign+Language+(ASL)+can+in+turn+decrease+health+disparities+the+deaf+population+faces.&rft.date=2019-06-21&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F36275%2F1%2FWhiteMakenzie_MPHthesis_April2019.pdf&rft.identifier=++White%2C+Makenzie++(2019)+Adapting+existing+human+services+to+meet+the+needs+of+the+deaf+population%3A+a+program+evaluation+on+administrative+case+management+in+American+sign+language.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++