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
Filiz Ünal Toprak, Zekiye Turan
Abstract
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.