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Cervical Cancer
New cervical cancer research from University of California described
April 23rd, 2009
"Deaf women encounter barriers to accessing cancer information. In this study, we evaluated whether deaf women's knowledge could be increased by viewing a graphically enriched, American Sign Language (ASL) cervical cancer education video," scientists writing in the Journal of Cancer Education report. "A blind, randomized trial evaluated knowledge gain and retention. Deaf women (n = 130) completed questionnaires before, after, and 2 months after viewing the video. With only a single viewing of the in-depth video, the experimental group gained and retained significantly more cancer knowledge than the control group," wrote S. Choe and colleagues, University of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-23)
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