Knowledge of Sex Education and Sex Education Teaching Behaviors among Parents of Children during Early Adolescence in Nakhon Chai Burin Provincial Health Region
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Sex education is a part of life that is continuous and correlated with human life from birth to death. Teaching sex education in the family is therefore critical to empowering adolescents so that they can understand their sexuality and prevent sexual risk behaviors from occurring among them. This descriptive survey research aimed to investigate the knowledge of sex education and sex education teaching behaviors among the parents of young adolescents.The participants were the parents of 390 young adolescents studying in the 4th to the 6th grade in Nakhonratchasima and Surin Provinces, who were selected using the multiple random sampling method. Data regarding the knowledge of sex education and sex education behaviors among the parents of young adolescents were collected using the questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. The research results revealed that
the parents had knowledge of sex education and felt comfortable teaching sex education at a high level. The frequency of sex education teaching was at a moderate level. However, the results of the parents’ opinions were as follows: the sexual health and sexual behaviors in families with young adolescents were few because they believe that some topics of sex education might stimulate the child’s curiosity and make him or her want to try the sexual activity. These results are crucial information that can be given to nurses and professional healthcare workers to better understand sex education and sexual teaching behaviors among parents and plan sex education where appropriate for parents of young adolescents.
Keywords: Early adolescents, Knowledge about sex education, Parents, Sex education teaching behaviors
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสาร ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่หรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ใด จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสารก่อนเท่านั้น
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