Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin cinsel sağlık konusundaki tutumları

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research is to evaluate nursing students’ attitudes towards sexual health. MATERIAL and METHODS: This research; It was conducted in descriptive and cross-sectional type. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Health Sciences of a state university located in the Black Sea region. Data were collected in the working environment through face-to-face interviews. Personal Information Form and Students’ Attitudes Towards Sexual Health Scale were used to collect research data. The data were evaluated in the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program version 24.0 statistical program. Descriptive statistics are given as number of units (n), percentage (%), mean and standard deviation (X̄ ± SD), median (min-max) values. RESULTS: There is a statistically significant relationship between nursing students’ grade level, where they live, whether they receive training on sexual health care, how often they evaluate their sexual health while providing care, and how they feel when providing sexual health care. The students’ “Attitudes Towards Sexual Health Scale” total score average was found to be 44.83±10.45. This result indicates that students have positive attitudes towards sexual health behaviors. CONCLUSION: As a result, when students’ scores from the Attitudes Towards Sexual Health Scale are examined, their level of training in sexual health care, their frequency of evaluating sexual health while providing care, and their feeling of self while providing sexual health care positively affect the process of evaluating sexual health in their future patients. Keywords: sexual health, nursing, student nurse, belief, attitude