APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

The Perfect Storm: Health Literacy Among Prelingual Culturally Deaf Age 50 and Older

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

  • 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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