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Attitudes and beliefs of nursing students toward sexual healthcare: A descriptive study
Hatice Güdül Öz1, Hatice Balcı Yangın1, Gülşen Ak Sözer1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Akdeniz University Faculty of Nursing, Antalya, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aimed to determine the attitudes and beliefs of the nursing students toward sexual healthcare and the obstacles they encounter.
Methods:
This descriptive study included 475 nursing students.
Findings:
The total Sexual Attitude and Belief Survey score was associated with many characteristics such as nursing year, mothers' educational status; talking about sexuality, receiving sexual health education, the status of clinical sexual health evaluation; having difficulty in providing sexual healthcare to the opposite sex, feeling shy about providing sexual healthcare (p < 0.05).
Practice Implications:
The result of this study showed that nursing students have negative beliefs and attitudes toward sexual healthcare.
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