What is it about?
The article describes a pilot test of the Danish version of the questionnaire: Students’ Attitudes towards Sexual Health (SA-SH-D). In addition, the article reports the outcome of an elective bachelor course in Sexual Health in Rehabilitation (SHR) in Denmark, and how the course led to improved levels of competence and comfort in addressing sexual health in the students’ future profession. The study was performed with a control group and measured by the Danish version of the Students´ Attitudes towards Sexual Health (SA-SH-D) scale at the beginning of the course, at the end of the course, and three months after the course. The results of the educational intervention suggest that a two-week elective SHR course leads to sustained changes in healthcare students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health in their future profession. Furthermore, the results show that the questionnaire (SA-SH-D) is applicable to measure changes in students’ attitudes.
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Why is it important?
First, when a questionnaire is translated and cross-culturally adapted, it is important to conduct a pilot test to find out if it works intentionally. Second, when teaching a sensitive topic like sexual health, it is necessary to gain insight into the students’ level of knowledge and comfort with the topic prior to the educational intervention and again following the intervention. Furthermore, it is also important to know whether any improved level of knowledge and comfort is sustained (measured in this study after three months).
Perspectives
There is a need to ensure that all students in health and welfare professions have sufficient competence and level of comfort to address sexual health in their future professions since research shows that patient´s needs regarding sexual health are insufficiently met in rehabilitation. The elective course studied in this article, presents an option of how a SHR course can be designed to attain sustainable results, that increase the student´s own interest to learn more within the field.
Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson
Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University
First, the questionnaire is pilot tested and ready to be used in a Danish context. Second, there is a need to ensure that all students in health and welfare professions have a sufficient level of competence and comfort in addressing sexual health in their future professions, since research shows that patients’ needs regarding sexual health are insufficiently met in rehabilitation. This paper presents an option of how an SHR course can be designed to attain sustainable results that increase the students’ own interest to learn more within the field.
Helle Gerbild
Syddansk Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Does a 2-Week Sexual Health in Rehabilitation Course Lead to Sustained Change in Students’ Attitudes?—A Pilot Study, Sexuality and Disability, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11195-018-9540-1.
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