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The effect of sexual health courses on the level of nursing students' sexual/reproductive health knowledge and sexual myths beliefs in Turkey: A pretest‐posttest control group design
Author(s) -
Ünal Toprak Filiz,
Turan Zekiye
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12593
Subject(s) - reproductive health , turkish , mythology , test (biology) , psychology , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , medicine , nursing , population , philosophy , theology , environmental health , paleontology , linguistics , biology
Purpose Identified the effect of sexual health courses on the level of sexual health knowledge and sexual myths beliefs among Turkish university students. Design and Methods This study used a pretest‐posttest control group quasi‐experimental research design. Data were collected from 130 students using questionnaire form, sexual health knowledge test (SHKT), and sexual myths form (SMF). Findings There was a significant negative relationship between the pretest scores of students that they obtained from SHKT and SMF ( P %3C .01) and their posttest scores from the same test and form ( P %3C .05). Practical Implications Intervention programs that reduce false beliefs, taboos, and prejudices of students sexual myth beliefs.