Category: Research
Scientific censorship
Do you like knowing the weather forecast? Do you live in an earthquake-prone area and want to know when your house might start shaking? Do you buy and eat food grown by or raised on agricultural farms? Do you go swimming in a body of water and want to know when it’s unhealthy to do so because of bacterial, pollution, or other contaminant levels? Does your loved one have cancer and you’re trying to find information on the latest treatment options for them? Too bad for you, because this new order means that information is suddenly not allowed to be communicated to the US public.
This act of censorship includes the Department of Health and Human Services, and therefore the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. While not overtly tied to anything sexuality-specific, this order does affect research and dissemination of information about sexuality and sexual health, given that sexuality research can receive grants from agencies with in the Department of Health and Human Services.
See the following article for more information:
WHAT WE ACTUALLY LOSE WHEN THE USDA AND EPA CAN’T TALK TO THE PUBLIC
Study on bisexual individuals in mixed orientation relationships
If you’re a bisexual individual in a mixed orientation relation living in or near the Minneapolis/St Paul area of Minnesota, consider participating in this research study!
Program in Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota Medical School is seeking 18+ year old bisexual individuals for a study on mixed orientation relationships.
The study will include completing questionnaires of a personal nature and attending a small group discussion about relationships, sexuality, and health. Group discussions will be held in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area of Minnesota. To participate you must be age 18 or older, identify as bisexual, and currently be in a romantic/sexual relationship with someone who does not also identify as bisexual. You will receive a $20 gift card for participating when attending the focus group.
For additional information, or if you are interested in participating, please email BIMOR@umn.edu or contact Heidi at (612) 626-3608. This research is being conducted by Dr. Jennifer Vencill & Dr. Alex Iantaffi and has been approved by the UMN Institutional Review Board (study #1502P62333).
Ongoing research studies at the ISRC
Check out these ongoing research projects at the Interdisciplinary Sexuality Research Collaborative! Several of the studies are ongoing and accepting participants for a survey or interviews. No need to be local to participate either!
Last call for research study participants!
Still looking for research participants! Please share with your friends and networks too. Many thanks if you have already participated.
The Sexological Worldview Development Inventory (SWDI) has been developed as a way to measure a person’s response to individuals whose perspective on sexuality is different than one’s own. The SWDI is currently in a second pilot study phase to determine its validity as a measurement tool. We would like your help!
If you are over the age of 18 and have 20-30 minutes of free time, please go to this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DHTML9Y and take our survey. If you know other people who also might be interested, please pass this information on to them! For questions, you may contact the primary investigator at jasitron@widener.edu, or Widener University’s Institutional Review Board at 610-499-4110.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration!
Justin A. Sitron, PhD
Associate Professor
Widener University
Center for Human Sexuality Studies
Seeking participants for Sexological Worldview Development Inventory research study
Please check out this research study I’m involved in and take a few moments to participate!
Seeking Participants for Research Study
The Sexological Worldview Development Inventory (SWDI) has been developed as a way to measure a person’s response to individuals whose perspective on sexuality is different than one’s own. The SWDI is currently in a second pilot study phase to determine its validity as a measurement tool. We would like your help!
If you are over the age of 18 and have 20-30 minutes of free time, please go to this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DHTML9Y and take our survey. If you know other people who also might be interested, please pass this information on to them! For questions, you may contact the primary investigator at jasitron@widener.edu, or Widener University’s Institutional Review Board at 610-499-4110.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration!
Justin A. Sitron, PhD
Associate Professor
Widener University
Center for Human Sexuality Studies
Survey for Deaf men who have sex with men
If you identify as Deaf and are a man who has sex with men, check out this survey!
The survey is confidential and in ASL. Whether you are bi/gay/queer or straight, if you are over 18 years old, live in the US and have sex with other men, this survey is for you. Your HIV status does not matter, all Deaf MSM over 18 years old in the US can participate.
Click here to check out the study website: http://dparkstudy.org/
And click here to participate in the study: http://z.umn.edu/dparkstudy
This is the first needs assessment of Deaf MSM so we will ask you to take the same survey twice, once whenever you choose to participate and the second time seven days later. Please be patient and make sure your experiences are counted! We have until November 30th, 2014to show that Deaf MSM have needs around sexual health education and HIV testing. We need 200 participants. Will you help us?
Thank you!Best,
James DeWitt
Trans masculinity survey
If you identify as such, please take this super short (5 minutes, if that) survey and help contribute to research on trans masculinities!
Transmasculinity Research Project
http://fluidsurveys.com/s/transmasculinity/
My name is matthew heinz, and I’m a professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. To confirm my credentials, please contact Dr. Steve Grundy, Vice-President Academic and Provost, at steve.grundy@royalroads.ca. I’m transgender and study gender and identity. I’m inviting you to participate in a research project designed to help us understand how transgender and transsexual men understand their masculinity. The findings will be incorporated into publications and presentations on transmasculinity. It will only take you 5 minutes to participate in this very simply online survey, which will ask you 5 questions. The information you provide will be summarized in anonymous format. No identifying information will be collected. The survey data is housed on a Canadian server. The information will be maintained for a one-year period. Of course it’s entirely up to you whether you choose to participate in this survey. If you choose to participate, you are free to withdraw at any time prior to completing the online survey simply by closing your browser. Since this is an anonymous survey, your answers cannot be removed from the data collection once the survey has been completed and submitted. Your completion of this survey will constitute your informed consent. Thank you for your participation!
matthew heinz, phd, Dean, Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences
Professor, School of Communication and Culture| Royal Roads University
T 250.391.2662 | F 250.391.2587
2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC Canada V9B 5Y2 | royalroads.ca
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