Educating to sexuality care: the nurse educator’s experience in a multicenter study

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Elena Castagnaro¹  Fátima Frade²  Maria da Luz Ferreira Barros³  María Jesús Bocos-Reglero⁴  Sagrario Gomez-Cantarino⁵  Daniela Mecugni⁶  Cinzia Gradellini⁷  Sara Palma⁸ 

[1] Azienda Unitaà Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy;Departamento de Enfermagem da Criança e do Jovem, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;Nursing Research, Innovation and Development Centre of Lisbon (CIDNUR), Nursing School of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal;Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Nursing, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal;Comprehensive Health Research Center (CHRC), Évora, Portugal;Faculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;Faculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain;Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal;Reggio Emilia Nursing Course, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy;Reggio Emilia Nursing Course, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy;Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Manno, Switzerland;School of Health, Polytechnic of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal;

关键词: sex education;    health education;    sexuality;    faculty nursing;    health knowledge;    attitudes;    practice;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1206323

 received in 2023-04-15, accepted in 2023-06-26,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSexuality is an issue inherent in the lives of all human beings. Education for Sexuality takes place informally, through relationships with the environment, with the family as a model, and formally, as a pedagogical practice in Teaching. Education for sexuality is recognized as an instrument of social transformation that leads to changes in behaviors and norms related to sexuality.ObjectivesKnowing the perception of nursing professors about sexuality education in professional training, recognizing attitudes of these professors in relation to sexual education and identifying barriers in education for sexuality.MethodsExploratory and descriptive study, using qualitative methodology. Data collection was carried out from semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis.ResultsThe interviewees consider sexuality education to be very important, being taught in the nursing course, addressing different themes. In general, they reported feeling comfortable teaching these topics. The identified barriers to the level of education students are in, students’ knowledge and reactions to the topic, religious and cultural issues, and the time available to talk about the topic and professional aspects.ConclusionSexuality is a fundamental theme in nursing education and needs to be further explored to overcome the barriers associated with its approach.

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