Sexual Health Literacy Scale (SHLS)

Nurdan Demirci

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sexuality; Literacy; Sexual Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: data collection group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05821907

2023.shls.olmezyalazi

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to the World Health Organization, sexual health is a state of well-being related to sexuality as a whole, not just the absence of disease or dysfunction or disability. sexual health; It requires a positive and respectful attitude, free from sexual coercion and discrimination, free of violence, enjoyable and safe experiences. It obliges the respect, protection and fulfillment of the sexual rights of every individual. sexual health; includes a safe and respectful framework free from violence and discrimination; it covers not only the reproductive period, but every age period; different sexual identities and forms of sexual expression, as well as livable and critical gender values, roles, expectations and power dynamics. Insufficient information, difficult access to health services and lack of a guiding structure; It negatively affects young individuals' ability to take responsible decisions with good knowledge about sexuality during their sexual development. Information is obtained from channels where erroneous and incorrect information transfer is intense, and the ways of accessing this information play an important role in the spread of sexual myths in society. Based on all these reasons; This study aimed to develop the Sexual Health Literacy Scale.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals over the age of 18 who are willing to participate in the study, without psychiatric illness,
• No physical or mental disability
• Able to speak and understand Turkish.

Exclusion criteria

• Not willing to participate in the study, with psychiatric illness,
• Physically and mentally handicapped
• 18 years and under,
• Does not speak Turkish