Sexual Health Literacy Scale

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Sexual Behavior Behavior Communication Literacy Sexuality

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Marmara University

Istanbul, 34854, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Individuals over the age of 18 who are willing to participate in the study, without psychiatric illness,
No physical or mental disability
Able to speak and understand Turkish.

Exclusion criteria

Not willing to participate in the study, with psychiatric illness,
Physically and mentally handicapped
18 years and under,
Does not speak Turkish

Treatment and study plan

data collection group

Behavioral

The 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.

Primary outcomes

scale development

Time frame: 3 month

The data will be collected with the online data collection tool created by the researchers through the software called google forms. During data collection, the e-mail address of the researchers will be indicated on the form so that the questions of the participants can be answered by the researchers. You will be informed that filling out the data collection form will take an average of 10 minutes for each participant.

In addition, in order to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale, data collection tools will be sent to at least 30 randomly selected individuals from the sample two weeks after the first data collection.
test-retest reliability of the scale

Time frame: Retest( later 2 weeks)

In order to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale, data collection tools will be sent to at least 30 randomly selected individuals from the sample two weeks after the first data collection. Therefore, after the pre-application, the scale will be applied to 400 people within the scope of the calculated sample, and then, two weeks later, at least 50 people will be re-applied from the individuals to whom the same scale was applied.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nurdan Demirci

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Development of the Sexual Health Literacy Scale

Acronym: SHLS

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Apr 20, 2023
Registry last updated: Nov 20, 2024

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