The public awareness of aphasia: An international survey

被引：35

作者：

Code, C

Mackie, NS

Armstrong, E

Stiegler, L

Armstrong, J

Bushby, E

Carew-Price, P

Curtis, H

Haynes, P

McLeod, E

Muhleisen, V

Neate, J

Nikolas, A

Rolfe, D

Rubly, C

Simpson, R

Webber, A

机构：

[1] Univ Exeter, Sch Psychol, Exeter EX4 4QG, Devon, England

[2] Univ Sydney, Sch Commun Sci & Disorders, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia

[3] SE Louisiana Univ, Slidell, LA 70460 USA

[4] Univ Ulster, Newtownabbey BT37 0BQ, Antrim, North Ireland

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS | 2001年 / 36卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.3109/13682820109177849

中图分类号：

R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];

学科分类号：

100104 ; 100213 ;

摘要：

We surveyed 929 shoppers in Exeter (England), Louisiana (US A) and Sydney (Australia) to determine what they knew of aphasia. Between 10% and 18% said they had heard of aphasia but only between 1.5% and 7.6% had even some basic knowledge of aphasia. We found that more females knew something about aphasia than males and that older people were more likely to have heard of it, although those with some knowledge were significantly younger. Informants had heard of aphasia mainly through their work or the media and were mainly professionals like teachers, nurses, therapists, managers and administrators, followed by a retired/student group. We found some differences in awareness levels in the different locations we sampled. Results have implications for targeting awareness raising and campaigning.

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