Article(electronic)#1December 1997
Deaf Adolescents' Knowledge of AIDS: Grade and Gender Effects
In: American annals of the deaf: AAD, Volume 142, Issue 5, p. 368-372
ISSN: 1543-0375
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.