Mission & Goals

Mission:

To promote health and prevent disease in deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HOH) populations through community-based participatory research.

Goals:

• To eliminate health disparities in D/HOH populations.
• To unite the NCDHR, its partners and D/HOH Communities through enduring collaborative relationships.
• To establish a rich, generalizable evidence base regarding health risks, determinants of health, and effective health promotion interventions in D/HOH populations and assure its dissemination.
• To establish the NCDHR as a leading D/HOH health research organization