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.
Written by:
Sacks L, Nakaji M, Harry KM, Oen M, Malcarne VL, Sadler GR. Are you the author?
Moores UCSD Cancer Center, 0850, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0850, USA.
Reference: J Cancer Educ. 2013 Jun 28. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s13187-013-0493-x
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23813488
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