Health-Related Vocabulary Knowledge Among Deaf Adults

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-185

  Pollard Jr , Robert Q ^a   Barnett, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

age of onset; deafness; health literacy; reading; REALM; sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; READING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SIGN LANGUAGE; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549109837     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015771     Document Type: Article

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