Research Article
Year 2021,
Volume: 30 Issue: 6, 400 - 408, 13.01.2022
Abstract
Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı cinsel sağlık dersinin hemşirelik öğrencilerinin cinsel mitleri üzerine etkisini belirlemektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tek gruplu ön test-son test düzeninde yarı deneysel desen bir çalışmadır. Çalışmanın örneklemini 2018-2019 bahar yılında bir hemşirelik fakültesinde Cinsel Sağlık Dersi’ni seçen 1. Sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır (n=94). Veriler, veri toplama formu ve Cinsel Mitler Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Veriler tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve Paired-Samples t Testi ile değerlendirilmiştir.
Bulgular: Çalışmada öğrencilerin %69.4 kadın %30.6’sı erkektir. Öğrencilerin, ön test ve son test cinsel mitler ölçek puan ortalamaları karşılaştırıldığında aralarında anlamlı bir fark bulunmuştur (t=9.059, p=0.000). Cinsel Mit Ölçeği cinsel şiddet alt boyutu puan ortalamasında değişiklik meydana gelmemiştir.
Sonuç: Cinsel sağlık dersinin öğrencilerin, cinsel mitlerini azaltmada etkili olduğu, bu nedenle cinsel sağlığın hemşirelik eğitimi müfredatlarında bir ders olarak verilmesi önerilmektedir.
Supporting Institution
YOK
Project Number
YOK
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Year 2021,
Volume: 30 Issue: 6, 400 - 408, 13.01.2022
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of sexual health course on nursing students' sexual myths.
Materials and Methods: It is semiexperimental design study in a single group pretest-posttest. The sample of the study consisted of 1st grade students who chose Sexual Health Course in a nursing faculty in the spring of 2018-2019 (n=94). The data of this study were collected using the Data Collection Form and the Sexual Myths Scale. The data were evaluated using descriptive statistics and the Paired-Samples t-test.
Results: In the study, 69.4% of the students were female and 30.6% of them were male. When the pre-test and post-test sexual myths scale mean scores of the students were compared, a significant difference was found between them (t=9.059, p=0.000). There was no change in the average score of the sexual violence sub-dimension of the Sexual Myth Scale.
Conclusion: It is recommended that sexual health course is effective in reducing students' sexual myths, therefore sexual health should be given as a course in nursing education curriculum.
Keywords
Project Number
YOK
References
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- 6. Fennell R, Grant B. Discussing sexuality in health care: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2019;28(17-18):3065-3076.
- 7. Sung SC, Huang HC, Lin MH. Relationship between the knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy on sexual health care for nursing students. Journal of Professional Nursing 2015;31(3):254-261.
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- 17. Evcili F, Demirel G. Sexual myths of midwifery and nursing students and their attitude regarding the assessment of sexual health. Journal of Human Sciences 2018;15(4):2280-2288.
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- 19. Tanton C, Jones KG, Macdowall W, Clifton S, Mitchell KR, Datta J, et al. Patterns and trends in sources of information about sex among young people in Britain: evidence from three National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. BMJ Open 2015;5(3).
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- 21. Sung SC, Jiang HH, Chen RR, Chao JK. Bridging the gap in sexual healthcare in nursing practice: implementing a sexual healthcare training programme to improve outcomes. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2016;25(19-20):2989-3000.
- 22. Evcili F, Golbasi Z. Sexual myths and sexual health knowledge levels of Turkish university students. Sexuality and Culture 2017;21:976-990.
- 23. Sharon D, Gonen A, Linetsky I. Factors ınfluencing nursing students’ ıntention to practice sexuality education in their professional work. American Journal of Sexuality Education 2020:1-17.
- 24. Lefkowitz ES, Shearer CL, Gillen MM, Espinosa-Hernandez G. How gendered attitudes relate to women’s and men’s sexual behaviors and beliefs. Sexuality and Culture. 2014;18(4):833- 846.
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- 26. De Castro F, Rojas-Martı´nez R, VillalobosHerna´ndez A, Allen-Leigh B, Breverman-Bronstein A., Billings DL, et al. Sexual and reproductive health outcomes are positively associated with comprehensive sexual education exposure in Mexican high-school students. PLoS ONE 2018;13(3):e0193780.
- 27. Kartal B. Cinsel sağlık eğitiminin hemşirelik öğrencilerinin cinsel mitlerine etkisi. Androl Bul 2020;22:167-171.
- 28. Arousell J, Carlbom A. Culture and religious beliefs in relation to reproductive health. Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2016;32:77-87.
- 29. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). Guidelines for comprehensive sexuality education: Kindergarten through 12th grade. Accessed June 20, 2020,https://hivhealthclearinghouse.unesco.org/sites/default/files/resources/bie_guidelines_siecus.pdf.
- 30. Wanje G, Masese L, Avuvika E, Baghazal A, Omoni G, McClelland RS. Parents’ and teachers’ views on sexual health education and screening for sexually transmitted infections among in-school adolescent girls in Kenya: a qualitative study. Reproductive Health 2017; 14(95):1-11.
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Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Health Care Administration |
| Journal Section | Orijinal Research |
| Authors | |
| Project Number | YOK |
| Early Pub Date | January 13, 2022 |
| Publication Date | January 13, 2022 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2021 Volume: 30 Issue: 6 |
