Öğrencilerin Cinsel Sağlık Bilgileri, Cinsel Mitler Hakkındaki Görüşleri ve Sağlık Okuryazarlığı Düzeyleri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Introduction: From the public health perspective, young people are considered as a priority group in terms of sexually transmitted diseases and sexual habits. Sexual dimension among adolescents and young adults can be influenced by their overall and sexual health due to its impact on intellectual growth and development and their level of knowledge can significantly affect their reproductive health. The study aims to measure university students’ health literacy, sexual health knowledge and sexual myths and in this way explore the relationship between these variables and among various demographic variables. Materials and Methods: The sample of the study is comprised of 559 female and 282 male university students. In the first part, demographic information scale, in the second part sexual health knowledge test, in the third part sexual myths scale, in the fourth part health literacy in Turkey scale were implemented. Results: In the analysis across the sexes, it was revealed that males have more sexual myths than females (p