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A Level Of Discomfort! Exploring The Relationship Between Maternal Sexual Health Knowledge, Religiosity And Comfort Discussing Sexual Health Issues With Adolescents, Fiona Farringdon, Courtney Holgate, Fleur Mcintyre, Max Bulsara
A Level Of Discomfort! Exploring The Relationship Between Maternal Sexual Health Knowledge, Religiosity And Comfort Discussing Sexual Health Issues With Adolescents, Fiona Farringdon, Courtney Holgate, Fleur Mcintyre, Max Bulsara
Fleur McIntyre
This pilot study explored if a relationship existed between maternal sexual health knowledge, religiosity and comfort discussing sexual health issues with adolescents. Seventy-six mothers with adolescent children aged between 10 and 19 completed a combined survey addressing religiosity, sexual health knowledge and comfort discussing sexual health issues. Mann–Whitney U tests were performed to compare the median scores, Spearman’s rho tests were performed to determine correlations between the median scores, Fisher’s exact tests were computed to test for significant differences between proportions and a logistic regression model was used to investigate significant factors. No significant differences or relationships between maternal total …