A State-Level Examination of School Nurses’ Perceptions of Condom Availability Accompanied by Sex Education.
Autor: Smith, Sharla; Platt, Joey M.; Clifford, Daniel; Preston, Michael; Satterwhite, Catherine; Kelly, Patricia J.; Ramaswamy, Megha
Publication year: 2020
The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
issn:1546-8364 1059-8405
doi: 10.1177/1059840518824728
Abstract:
School nurses are often sources of health-care support for teens with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies. However, providing prevention (e.g., condoms) and teaching technical skills (e.g., condom use) needed to reduce high-risk sexual behavior may require a change in perceptions and policies. This study used a cross-sectional study design to assess nurses’ perceptions of condom availability accompanied by sex education programs among high school nurses (n = 87) in Kansas. Results showed that school nurses in this study supported condom availability, were comfortable providing condoms, and felt condom availability was within the scope of their job but were less likely to provide condoms because of external barriers. Common barriers include administration, parents, cost, community support, and policies. School nurses, by virtue of their access to the majority of Kansas’ adolescents, have the potential to provide sex education and tools such as condoms, so young people can prevent STIs and unintended pregnancies.
Language: eng
Rights:
Pmid: 30669935
Tags: Humans; Aged; Female; Male; Adult; Middle Aged; Cross-Sectional Studies; *Attitude of Health Personnel; Nurses/*psychology; health education; sexual health; *Sex Education; *Schools; safety/injury prevention; *Condoms; Kansas; high school; *School Health Services; school nurse knowledge/perceptions/self-efficacy; Scope of Practice; teen pregnancy/parenting
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30669935/
