The EMHF is launching a major sexual health project to raise awareness among public, professionals and key policy-makers of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.
Men will be invited to submit questions on these difficult topics online where they will be answered by expert health professionals building up a database of information based on the real needs of men not the perceived needs of professionals.
As well as this extensive online resource, the Forum will produce an information booklet covering the main questions asked. It is hoped that funding will be available to translate this into several languages.
EMHF director Erick Savoye said: ‘erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation are two of the most common sexual problems experienced by men yet many of them and, indeed, most professionals and policy-makers are too embarrassed to talk about them. By letting men set the agenda anonymously we hope both to break down the taboo and to provide the answers that men really need to deal with these problems.’
Men are being invited to participate, completely anonymously, via malehealth.co.uk (the health information website of the MHF England), other health websites and through EMHF members.
Can you help? Urology nurses neededAs well as this project on men's sexual health, the EMHF is exploring a second one looking at men's experiences around prostate problems. Both will require the involvement of specialist urology nurses with an interest in premature ejaculation/erectile dysfunction and prostate issues. Tim Street, who is coordinating the project(s) for the Forum said: 'We need to find such nurses who between them can speak and answer email enquiries from men in the following languages: Czech, Dutch, English, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish.' If this is something you feel you would like to be involved in, or to get further information on please email Tim Street or call him on 0044 7944 420321 0044 1560 484083. |
