Cilt:08 Sayı:02 (2019)

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    Awareness of sexual health in mothers who have children with learning disability
    (Ankara : Ankara Üniversitesi, 2019) Altundağ, Sebahat; Çalbayram, Nazan Çakırer; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7902-6451; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2048-608X; Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
    The individual and social benefits of sex education should not be ignored. This study was conducted to examine the effect of education on sexual health to mothers of children with educable mental disability. Material and Method: The Single Group Pretest-Posttest Model, which is one of the quasi-experimental study methods, was used in this study. The universe of the study consisted of all the parents of children who attended a Special Education Vocational Training Center (School). No sampling procedure was employed in the study. Instead, the mothers of the students who were attending the Special Education Vocational Training Center and agreed to participate in the study were enrolled in the study. Necessary permissions were taken from the ethics committee, the institution where the study was conducted, and the mothers. Results: The study was carried out first by the administration of the questionnaire forms, then parents’ training, and finally by the re-administration of the forms one month after the training. Of the mothers participating in the study, 18.2 % stated that their children asked them questions with sexual content, 66.7 % said that children must be given sex education, and 36.3 % thought this education should be provided by instructors. 30.3% of mothers stated that they can learn the necessary information about sexual education by attending conferences and seminars. Conclusion: The level of knowledge of mothers about sexual development of the child generally changed after the education. In line with these results, families should educate their children with mental disabilities on sexual health.