5127.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
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| Previous research demonstrates that many signing deaf people do not have access to information about HIV/AIDS and may therefore be at greater risk for HIV infection compared to hearing people. This seems to be true of some hard of hearing people as well. | ||||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | ||||
| Elizabeth Levine, MA, MPH | ||||
| Yael Bat-Chava, PhD | ||||
| Joseph Kosciw, MA, MSEd | ||||
| Access to health care for deaf and hard-of-hearing people Steve Lovi | ||||
| Deaf/hard-of-hearing individuals: Their psychological and systemic barriers to HIV/AIDS services Joseph G. Kosciw, MA, MSEd | ||||
| Barriers to HIV/AIDS services to deaf/hard-of-hearing patients: Medical personnel perspective Lise Hamlin | ||||
| Sponsor: | HIV/AIDS SPIG | |||
| Cosponsors: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Disability Forum; Health Administration; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work; Socialist Caucus | |||