A Study on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Need for Sex Education in High School Students
1Department of Nursing, Honam University, Gwangju, Korea.
Purpose:
This study was conducted to investigate the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and needs of sex education in high school students.
Methods:
There were 258 participants who were high school students in S high school in G city. Data were collected from October 1 to October 31, 2011, and analyzed using SPSS/WIN 19.0.
Results:
The mean score for sexual knowledge was 69.78, sexual attitudes was 63.66, and needs of sex education was 75.37. Sexual knowledge had positive correlation with needs of sex education (r=.17, p=.007).
Conclusion:
The findings of this study indicated a need to develop programs for high school students to increase appropriate sexual knowledge, and to encourage appropriate sexual attitudes, and to reflect needs of sex education.
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