Identifying the important factors associated with teaching sex education to people with intellectual disability: A cross-sectional survey among paid care staff.

Background Sex education programs have been developed with paid care staff as sex educators. However, no information is available about whether these programs are being delivered. Method The aim of this study was to investigate whether paid care staff working in an organisation specialised in the ca...

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Publicado en:Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 157 - 167
Autores principales: Schaafsima, Dilana, Kok, Gerjo, Stoffelen, Joke M. T., Van Doorn, Paulien, Curfs, Leopold M. G.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2014
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          Schaafsima, Dilana
          Kok, Gerjo
          Stoffelen, Joke M. T.
          Van Doorn, Paulien
          Curfs, Leopold M. G.
        affil: Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands; Governor Kremers Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands
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          Sex Education
          Intellectual Disability
          Teaching
          Attitude of Health Personnel
          Needs Assessment
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          Cross Sectional Studies
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          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
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          Middle Age
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Background Sex education programs have been developed with paid care staff as sex educators. However, no information is available about whether these programs are being delivered. Method The aim of this study was to investigate whether paid care staff working in an organisation specialised in the care of people with mild to moderate intellectual disability teach sex education or not. An online questionnaire was therefore constructed to assess the important factors associated with teaching sex education. Results Of the 163 staff members who completed the questionnaire, 39% provided sex education. Results show that it was mainly provided reactively. The main factor was the perceived social norm towards teaching sex education. Conclusions If we want paid care staff to teach sex education reactively, then we need to focus on changing the perceived social norm. However, if we want them to teach sex education proactively, a new needs assessment should be conducted in order to identify the important factors to motivate and enable them to provide sex education.
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