title: Public awareness of stuttering in Shanghai, China.
abstract: This study reports the results of an investigation of knowledge and public awareness of stuttering among laypersons in Shanghai, China. A total number of 1968 respondents answered a questionnaire including questions about prevalence, onset, gender distribution and occurrence in different cultures, cause, treatment, intelligence and heredity of stuttering. Stuttering appears to be a disorder that most people in the Shanghai area are familiar with, and for several aspects a considerable number of respondents held views that are in line with current knowledge about stuttering. For some aspects though knowledge is limited, indicating a need for disseminating scientific information on stuttering. The results of the present study are compared with a similar Belgium study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Ming
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Borsel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011639:Public Opinion; D012938:Social Perception; D013342:Stuttering / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation