Parents' attitude towards the importance of sex education for their children | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 9, Volume 9, Issue 25 - Serial Number 1, June 2021, Pages 87-97 PDF (587.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2021.73433.1170 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Safaa Rashad Mahmoud* 1; Nabila Taha Ahmed2; Hosnia Shehata Mohammed3; Faransa Ali Ahmed4; Nadia Hussein Ahmed5 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecological Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 4Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 5Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Background: Numerous parents confront challenges to reply to their children' sexual issues. These issues are usually unexpected, but responding in a positive and proportional manner to them is the most difficult aspect of parenting. Aim: to explore the parents' attitude towards sex-education for their children. Design: Descriptive design was used in this study. Convenient sample of 545 parents were recruited for this study. Setting: Assiut University employees' work place. Tool: A structured interview questionnaire which includes 2 parts; 1- Personal data for both parents such as age, education, residence and number of their children. 2- Parents' attitude scale which was developed by the researchers to investigate parent' attitude toward sex education, it includes 29 statements with response of Yes/No. Results: There was positive attitude among more than three-quarters of participated parents, 58.5% of them reported that both mother and father are responsible for sex education. There are statistically significant relation between parents' talk about sex education, parents' sex, and mother education (P= 0.000, and 0.001). Conclusion & Recommendations: The majority of studied parents have positive attitudes towards sex-education to their children. Sex and age of parents, mother' education, and residency are factors which influences their attitudes. Conducting more research on trends towards sex education in a larger sample, and arrange obligatory training program and workshops for parents of 10 years or more children on their sex education. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Attitude; Children; Parent & Sex education | ||
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