DEAF ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE OF AIDS - GRADE AND GENDER EFFECTS

Authors
BAKERDUNCAN N DANCER J GENTRY B HIGHLY P GIBSON B
Citation
N. Bakerduncan et al., DEAF ADOLESCENTS KNOWLEDGE OF AIDS - GRADE AND GENDER EFFECTS, American annals of the deaf, 142(5), 1997, pp. 368-372
Citations number
7
Journal title
American annals of the deaf → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002726X
Volume
142
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
368 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-726X(1997)142:5<368:DAKOA->2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Adolescents attending 5 state schools for the deaf responded to a 35-i tem questionnaire designed to probe their knowledge of AIDS. The 129 s tudents in grades 9-12 had extremely limited core knowledge of AIDS, w ith the correct answers to only 8 of the 35 questions known by most st udents in all 4 grades. A minority of males and females knew the answe rs to most questions, indicating that AIDS education programs for deaf adolescents are urgently needed.