Adolescents’ sexual education in women’s opinion treated in outpatient health care centers

Authors

  • Dorota Robak-Chołubek Zakład Położnictwa, Ginekologii i Pielęgniarstwa Ginekologiczno-Położniczego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie Author
  • Magdalena Bombolewska Author
  • Magdalena Chołubek Wydział Lekarski Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie Author
  • Henryk Wiktor Zakład Położnictwa, Ginekologii i Pielęgniarstwa Ginekologiczno-Położniczego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie / Oddział Ginekologii i Położnictwa z Izbą Przyjęć Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego im. Stefana Kardynała Wyszyńskiego w Lublinie Author

Keywords:

sexual education, adolescents, adults, women

Abstract

Introduction. Many adolescents are confronted at some point during their teen years with choices about whether or not to have sex. Many factors affect those choices. Parents, educators, and other adults working with youth have learned that they cannot directly control the sexual behavior of teens. Adults have often own opinion on sexual education of youth.

Aim. This research has been carried out to present adolescents’ sexual education in women’s opinion from health care centers in Lublin

Material and methods. The investigations were carried out on women from health care centers in Lublin. One hundred and fifty voluntarily and anonymously completed questionnaires have been analyzed using Statistica program. Any correlation found has been validated using χ2 test.

Results. About 2/5 questioned estimated the level of sexual education as bad. Women with higher education more often estimated it negatively in comparison to women with lower education. Childless women more often prefer sexual education in mixed groups (co-educational) in relation to those, who possess children as well as to those with higher and secondary education.

Conclusions. Additional investigations are necessary to credibly estimate the view of adults to the influence of sexual education on behavior of adolescents.

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Published

2011-12-01

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Vol. 10 No. 4(37) (2011): Pielęgniarstwo XXI wieku

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Copyright (c) 2011 Dorota Robak-Chołubek, Magdalena Bombolewska, Magdalena Chołubek, Henryk Wiktor (Autor)

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