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CompletedNCT05821907

Sexual Health Literacy Scale

Development of the Sexual Health Literacy Scale

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
400 (actual)
Sponsor
Nurdan Demirci · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
BEHAVIORALdata collection groupThe scale development process generally consists of three stages as item production, theoretical analysis and psychometric analysis. The researcher provides theoretical support to the item pool during item production. In the theoretical analysis stage, the content validity of the new scale is evaluated and the first item pool is ensured to reflect the desired structure. In the final stage of the psychometric analysis, the researcher evaluates whether the new scale establishes validity and reliability.

Timeline

Start date
2024-03-04
Primary completion
2024-05-30
Completion
2024-10-30
First posted
2023-04-20
Last updated
2024-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05821907. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.