Suicidal Behaviors and Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing College Students

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• Alternative Title:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav
• Personal Author:
  Fox, Meghan L. ; James, Tyler G. ; Barnett, Steven L.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and help-seeking attitudes among D/HH and hearing college students.
  
  Method:
  
  A total of 500,860 students completed the ACHA-NCHA-IIb (Fall 2011-Spring 2015). Survey administration and sampling methods differed across institutions. We randomly selected hearing students to have a 1:1 ratio of D/HH and hearing students (analytic N = 12,056). The mean age was 20.3 years, and the sample was predominantly white (68%) and female (65%). Multinomial and binary logistic regressions determined the relation between hearing status, suicide ideation and attempt, and help-seeking.
  
  Results:
  
  D/HH college students were more likely than hearing college students to have seriously considered suicide or attempted suicide in their lifetime, but not in the past year. In adjusted analyses, D/HH college students were more likely than hearing college students to have attempted suicide in the past year (OR 2.42, 95% CI 1.85, 3.17). There were no differences between D/HH and hearing groups in help-seeking attitudes.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Findings from this national data set indicate that D/HH college students are more likely to consider or attempt suicide. These results underscore the need for focused suicide risk prevention interventions with this population.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Article Attitude To Health Female Hearing Humans Male Persons With Hearing Impairments Students Suicidal Ideation Suicide, Attempted Universities Young Adult

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• Source:
  Suicide Life Threat Behav. 50(2):387-396
• Pubmed ID:
  31721275
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9351548
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32 MH020061/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005026/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:739dc83e78b81638a40d50961bb872f135849437d6f0896632894d2def56a7f8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120005/cdc_120005_DS1.pdf
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