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## 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 heari

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Author

Adonis Touko; Célestin P Mboua; Peter M Tohmuntain; Anne B Perrot

Publisher

BioMed Central; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley and Sons Inc.; London: BioMed Central, 2008-2012; Geneva: International AIDS Society, 2012-; Wiley; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; International AIDS Society (ISSN 1758-2652)

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781758265217

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)