APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
The Perfect Storm: Health Literacy Among Prelingual Culturally Deaf Age 50 and Older
- Delores Hart
Mercy College
Abstract
Many prelingual/culturally Deaf have limitations/deficits in English proficiency and deficits in knowledge of health terminology. Members of this linguistic/cultural minority are limited bilinguals. Older adults will live longer, experience development of, increases in, and extended periods of living with age-related disorders. Health Literacy deficits impact ability to manage age-related disorders.
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