title: Deaf adolescents' knowledge of AIDS. Grade and gender effects.
abstract: Adolescents attending 5 state schools for the deaf responded to a 35-item questionnaire designed to probe their knowledge of AIDS. The 129 students in grades 9-12 had extremely limited core knowledge of AIDS, with the correct answers to only 8 of the 35 questions known by most students in all 4 grades. A minority of males and females knew the answers to most questions, indicating that AIDS education programs for deaf adolescents are urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: McCain Professional Hearing Services, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baker-Duncan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dancer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Highly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012723:Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires