Sexual Competence in Higher Education: Global Perspective in a Multicentric Project in the Nursing Degree

Overview

Journal Healthcare (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2021 Feb 9

PMID 33557267

Citations 4

Authors

Daniela Mecugni

Cinzia Gradellini

Ermelinda Caldeira

Vicki Aaberg

Helia Dias

Sagrario Gomez-Cantarino

Ana Frias

Maria Barros

Luis Sousa

Margarida Sim-Sim

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Abstract

Sexuality is an important issue in the university careers of nursing students to ensure that they provide comprehensive care. It is necessary according to the recommendation of the World Health Organization. However, research reveals deficiencies and the need for further development. The aim of the study is to describe the perspective of teachers and students on the content of sexuality in nursing education. The project aims to analyze the attitudes and beliefs of the students about the sexuality of their patients. Furthermore, the experience and sexual lives of the future nurses, as well the teaching of sexuality content in the curriculum, will be analyzed. As for the educators, their level of knowledge about sexuality and vision of sexuality education in undergraduate nursing education will be analyzed. This study is an exploratory and descriptive study with a quantitative-qualitative approach in a multi-center context. The sample is composed of students and professors of nursing courses from five universities (Portugal, Spain, Italy and United States). Questionnaires and semistructured interviews will be used for data collection. The results of the study will allow the inclusion of sexual competence in the curriculum from the beginning in higher education. This article describes the research protocol.

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