Korean Parent-Child Health Journal (부모자녀건강학회지)

The Academic Society of Parent-Child Health (부모자녀건강학회)
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A Study about Research of Needs for Development of Sex Education Program on University Entrants

대학생 성교육 프로그램의 개발을 위한 요구도 조사연구

  • 염계정 (인천재능대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 김일옥 (삼육대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2018.05.02
  • Accepted : 2018.06.04
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the experiences and needs about sex education of university entrants in Korea, and to identify the relationship among the levels of sex-related knowledge, sexual attitude and reproductive health promoting behavior. Methods: Totally 188 freshman year of two different university were recruited to reply. The design of study was a exploratory research, using a cross-sectional survey. A self-administered questionnaire was used to measure the experiences and needs about sex education. The data were analyzed with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. Results: 95.2% of the experienced sex education but the level of satisfaction about sex education was 38.3%. The sex education methods that subjects wanted were comfortable and interesting using videos and practices. Sex-related knowledge significantly differed according to sex. Sexual attitude differed according to the experience of sex, the line of dating and the route of information about sex. There was positive correlations among sex-related knowledge, sexual attitude and reproductive health promoting behavior of female entrants. Conclusion: So sex education program, composed of knowledge, attitude and behavior should be interesting and helpful in order to fit current trends and fulfill university entrants' needs.

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