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Testicular Cancer Knowledge among Deaf and Hearing Men

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Testicular cancer typically affects young and middle-aged men. An educational video about prostate and testicular cancer was created in American Sign Language, with English open captioning and voice overlay, so that it could be viewed by audiences of diverse ages and hearing characteristics. This study recruited young Deaf (n = 85) and hearing (n = 90) adult males to help evaluate the educational value of the testicular cancer portion of this video. Participants completed surveys about their general, testicular, and total cancer knowledge before and after viewing the video. Although hearing men had higher pre-test scores than Deaf men, both Deaf and hearing men demonstrated significant increases in General, Testicular, and Total Cancer Knowledge scores after viewing the intervention video. Overall, results demonstrate the value of the video to Deaf and hearing men.

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This study was funded by the California Endowment and the National Cancer Institute Grants: R25 CA101317, R25 CA108731, R25 CA65745, P30 CA023100, U56CA92079/U56CA92081, 1U54CA132379/1U54CA132384, plus the National Institutes of Health, Division of the National Center on Minority and Health Disparities-sponsored UCSD Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities (P60 MD000220); and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant F31HD056623. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of any of the funding agencies. The authors also wish to acknowledge the supportive guidance given by: Leslie Elion, J.D. (Executive Director, Deaf Community Services of San Diego, Inc.); I. King Jordan, Ph. D. (Past-President, Gallaudet University); the late Barbara Brauer, Ph. D. (Gallaudet University); Linda Lytle, Ph. D. (Gallaudet University); Alan Hurwitz, Ph. D. (President, Gallaudet University); Howard Rosenblum, J.D. (President of the National Association of the Deaf); and Nancy Bloch (Immediate Past-President of the National Association of the Deaf). The authors also acknowledge the assistance of student interns: Jane Ye Eun Kim and Michelle Roxanna Moshiri.

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  1. Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 0850, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0850, USA

    Loren Sacks, Melanie Nakaji, Marcia Oen, Vanessa L. Malcarne & Georgia Robins Sadler

  2. SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA

    Vanessa L. Malcarne & Georgia Robins Sadler

  3. Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

    Kadie M. Harry & Vanessa L. Malcarne

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Sacks, L., Nakaji, M., Harry, K.M. et al. Testicular Cancer Knowledge among Deaf and Hearing Men. J Canc Educ 28, 503–508 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-013-0493-x

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