(USAID) under the terms of Cooperative Agreement number HRN-A-00-98-00012-00, Subproject number 5800.13005.411. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of USAID. SUMMARY Adequate counseling is necessary for greater acceptance and for sustained and effective family planning use. In addition to providing technical information (e.g. side-effec...

School based sexuality education remains a hotly debated topic in the United States. Two key areas of this debate focus on teacher preparation to instruct sexuality education and teachers’ attitudes and comfort with the subject matter. This article describes the development and psychometric testing of the Teachers’ Attitude and Comfort Scale. This simple-to-use instrument has acceptable constru...

OBJECTIVES Breakdown of marriage and cohabitation is common in Western countries and is costly for individuals and society. Most research on reasons for breakdown has focused on marriages ending in divorce and/or have used data unrepresentative of the population. We present prevalence estimates of, and differences in, reported reasons for recent breakdown of marriages and cohabitations in Brita...

This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of adolescents on caretaker-adolescent communication on sexuality. Using an Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills model, this article highlights areas to emphasise when planning strategies to improve caretaker-adolescent communication on sexuality. Twelve focus group discussions were held with adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years, and ...

background & aim : for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of female sexual problems, it is crucial to understand the ways women conceptualize their sexuality. the aim of current qualitative study was to explore the participant’s perceptions and understanding of sexuality. methods & materials: in this qualitative study, fifteen married women aged 21-42 interviewed face to face as they referred ...

This study explored the level of production and contents of information available within the global context on the approach of sexuality in individuals with chronic disease (CD). The following main themes were identified: sexuality as a human right and fundamental part of health for individuals with CD, factors present in situations of CD that generate alterations in sexuality, and the models f...

background : research on sensitive topics, such as sexuality, could raise technical, methodological, ethical, political, and legal challenges. the aim of this paper was to draw the methodological challenges which the authors confronted during sexuality research with young population in the iranian culture. methods : this study was an exploratory mixed method one conducted in 2013-14. we intervi...

objective: this study aimed at contributing to the promotion of positive communication between parents and children in order to help the children establish individual values and make sexually healthy decisions. materials and method: ninety six out of 300 in-school adolescents previously interviewed were selected for follow-up interview with their respective parents/guardians using a simple rand...