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| Knowledge of Alzheimer's disease in four ethnic groups of older adults | | Author(s) | Liat Ayalon, Patricia A Areán |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 51-57 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Information needs ; Attitude ; Ethnic groups ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 96 Anglo, 37 Latino, 30 Asian and 30 African American older people in San Francisco completed a short survey about Alzheimer's disease (AD). Results indicated that the Anglo older people are significantly more knowledgeable about AD than the other ethnic groups. Level of education partially accounted for differences in knowledge of AD between the Latinos and the Anglos. After controlling for age, number of years of speaking English was associated with knowledge of AD for the Asians. That certain ethnic groups have insufficient information about AD may explain their lack of AD service use. Extensive evaluation of barriers to knowledge of AD is needed in order to specifically target minority groups and educate them about AD and the importance of early intervention. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040303215 A |
| Classmark | EA: UV:IK: DP: TK: 3F: 7T |
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