Evaluation of Deaf Men's Knowledge About Sexual Health

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Evaluation of Deaf men's knowledge about sexual health in Nancy, France. The study consists of interviews with voluntary deaf men from Nancy, France, in order to assess their knowledge about sexual health, and determine if there is a lack of sexual health awareness. If there is indeed a lack of information about sexual health, the study aims at finding ways of improving the situation, and see how the deaf men would like to have this information delivered to them.

Detailed Description
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Evaluation of Deaf men's knowledge about sexual health in Nancy, France. The study consists of interviews with voluntary deaf men from Nancy, France. The goal is to assess their knowledge about sexual health, and determine if there is a lack of sexual health awareness. If there is indeed a lack of information about sexual health, the study aims at finding ways of improving the situation, and see how the deaf men would like to have sexual health information delivered to them. Patients from Nancy's Regional Deaf Healthcare Service (URASSM) will be contacted and volunteers adult deaf men, using sign language as their main langage, will be recruited into the study. The interviews will consist of a series of open questions aiming to evaluate the volunteers knowledge about sexual health, and evaluate their expectations about how sexual health care for deaf men should be dealt with. A professional french sign language translator will be present during the interviews, and all the questions and answers will be delivered using french sign language.

Official Title
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Evaluation of Deaf Men's Knowledge About Sexual Health, in Nancy's CHRU

Conditions
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Deafness, Sexual Satisfaction, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Violence, Educational Problems

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Interviews


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Deaf Over 18 Using french sign language Whithout curatorship or tutelage Exclusion Criteria: Female Under 18 Non deaf

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| URASSM volunteer deaf men<br>Volunteer deaf men recruited at Nancy's URASSM Deaf Care Unit (Unité régionale d'accueil et de soins des sourds et malentendants), for individual interviews. | Other: Interviews<br>* Interview with volunteer, to ask them a series of open questions about sexual health in the deaf male population.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deaf volunteer's sexual health knowledge questionnaire | Deaf volunteer's sexual health knowledge about sexual violence, STDS, contraceptives | 1 day Interview | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deaf volunteer's expectation about sexual health care questionnaire | Deaf volunteer's expectation about sexual health care, especially how they would like to get information delivered to them, and how a medical consultation dealing with sexual health should be performed. | 1 day Interview | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Deafness, Sexual Health, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexual Violence, Sexual Health Awareness