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Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems

Sexual health is fundamental to the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being of a human, couple, and family; it is the social and economic development of modern societies and civilized nations (WHO, 2020). The ability of human sexual health and well-being depends upon their sufficient knowle...

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Main Authors: Jadoon, Shaista Bibi, Nasir, Summaira, Victor, Gideon, Pienaar, Abel Jacobus, Nasir, Fizza
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Published: 2023
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spelling my-aeu-eprints.11502024-05-28T09:38:56Z http://ur.aeu.edu.my/1150/ Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems Jadoon, Shaista Bibi Nasir, Summaira Victor, Gideon Pienaar, Abel Jacobus Nasir, Fizza Sexual health is fundamental to the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being of a human, couple, and family; it is the social and economic development of modern societies and civilized nations (WHO, 2020). The ability of human sexual health and well-being depends upon their sufficient knowledge, risky sexual behaviors, vulnerability to the adverse consequences, and good quality of sexual health care and beneficial environment; it can promote and sustains human sexual health (WHO, 2020). Sexual health is an international human right; it is the responsibility of the national government to ensure sexual health rights and policies for all individuals, communities and families (Gruskin et al., 2019).The stigmatizing and discriminating attitudes of health care workers need to change to reduce patients refusal to seeking sexual health services (UNAIDS, 2020). The purpose of this review was assessing the Knowledge, attitudes and readiness of nurses regarding patients’ sexual health problems. The PRISMA guidelines were used for conducting this literature review. The full text articles were searched from Cochrane, Pub-Med, and Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Health Literature and Google Scholar. The relevant keywords were used including sexuality, sexual health, nursing students, nurses, doctors, physicians, consultants, sexual health policies, sexual health training and education, and sexual health barriers. Knowledge and training, attitudes of healthcare professionals, the corresponding factors included ineffective communication, social stigma, taboo, gender, culture, inadequate institutional policies, and faculty role-modelling. The healthcare professionals should respect patients’ sexual health problems. There should be proper training for the nursing teachers and students to deal with sexual health problems. The faculty clinical role modeling should encourage on clinical for students learning regarding patients sexual health problems. The component of patients’ sexual health should be included in the nursing curricula in Pakistan. There should be a longitudinal on patients’ sexual health problems. 2023 Journal PeerReviewed text en http://ur.aeu.edu.my/1150/1/Assessing%20Knowledge%2C%20Attitudes%20and%20Readiness%20of%20Nurses%20Regarding%20Patients%E2%80%99%20Sexual%20Health%20Problems.pdf Jadoon, Shaista Bibi and Nasir, Summaira and Victor, Gideon and Pienaar, Abel Jacobus and Nasir, Fizza (2023) Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems. Open Access Journal of Nursing, 6 (1). pp. 4-14.
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description Sexual health is fundamental to the physical, psychological and spiritual well-being of a human, couple, and family; it is the social and economic development of modern societies and civilized nations (WHO, 2020). The ability of human sexual health and well-being depends upon their sufficient knowledge, risky sexual behaviors, vulnerability to the adverse consequences, and good quality of sexual health care and beneficial environment; it can promote and sustains human sexual health (WHO, 2020). Sexual health is an international human right; it is the responsibility of the national government to ensure sexual health rights and policies for all individuals, communities and families (Gruskin et al., 2019).The stigmatizing and discriminating attitudes of health care workers need to change to reduce patients refusal to seeking sexual health services (UNAIDS, 2020). The purpose of this review was assessing the Knowledge, attitudes and readiness of nurses regarding patients’ sexual health problems. The PRISMA guidelines were used for conducting this literature review. The full text articles were searched from Cochrane, Pub-Med, and Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Health Literature and Google Scholar. The relevant keywords were used including sexuality, sexual health, nursing students, nurses, doctors, physicians, consultants, sexual health policies, sexual health training and education, and sexual health barriers. Knowledge and training, attitudes of healthcare professionals, the corresponding factors included ineffective communication, social stigma, taboo, gender, culture, inadequate institutional policies, and faculty role-modelling. The healthcare professionals should respect patients’ sexual health problems. There should be proper training for the nursing teachers and students to deal with sexual health problems. The faculty clinical role modeling should encourage on clinical for students learning regarding patients sexual health problems. The component of patients’ sexual health should be included in the nursing curricula in Pakistan. There should be a longitudinal on patients’ sexual health problems.
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author Jadoon, Shaista Bibi
Nasir, Summaira
Victor, Gideon
Pienaar, Abel Jacobus
Nasir, Fizza
spellingShingle Jadoon, Shaista Bibi
Nasir, Summaira
Victor, Gideon
Pienaar, Abel Jacobus
Nasir, Fizza
Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems
author_facet Jadoon, Shaista Bibi
Nasir, Summaira
Victor, Gideon
Pienaar, Abel Jacobus
Nasir, Fizza
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title Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems
title_short Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems
title_full Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems
title_fullStr Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes and Readiness of Nurses Regarding Patients’ Sexual Health Problems
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title_sort assessing knowledge, attitudes and readiness of nurses regarding patients’ sexual health problems
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