Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Sexual vulnerability and HIV seroprevalence among the deaf and hearing impaired in Cameroon | Touko et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2010 13 5 http content 13 1 5 JOURNALOF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY RESEARCH Open Access Sexual vulnerability and HIV seroprevalence among the deaf and hearing impaired in Cameroon Adonis Touko1 Célestin P Mboua2 3 Peter M Tohmuntain1 Anne B Perrot4 Abstract Background This quantitative cross-sectional study examines sexual behaviour of a target group of hearing-impaired persons in Yaounde the capital city of the Republic of Cameroon. It measures their HIV prevalence to enable assessment of their sexual vulnerability and to help reduce the gap in existing HIV serology data among people with disabilities in general and the deaf in particular. Methods The snowball sampling procedure was adopted as an adequate approach to meet this hard-to-reach group. A total of 118 deaf participants were interviewed for the behavioural component using sign language as a means of data collection while 101 participants underwent HIV serology testing. Descriptive analyses were done for behavioural data with Epi info software while sera were tested by health personnel using rapid and confirmation test reagents. Results From the results it was clear that the hearing impaired were highly involved in risky sexual practices as observed through major sexual indicators such as age at first sexual intercourse condom use and knowledge of sexually transmitted infections and AIDS. Furthermore it was noted that the HIV prevalence rate of the hearing impaired in the capital of Cameroon was 4 close to the prevalence in the city s general population . Conclusions Such results suggest that there is a need for in-depth behavioural research and serological studies in this domain to better understand the determinants of risky sexual behaviour among the hearing impaired and to propose operational prevention approaches for this group. Background The fight against HIV AIDS has shown that the exclusion of people living with .
