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This study examines how sexual health knowledge and literacy influence nursing students' attitudes toward sexual health care.

April 25, 2026Global Nursing Insights

The Effects of Nursing Students’ Sexual Health Knowledge and Sexual Health Literacy on Their Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care

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MMMerve Mert-KaradasHacettepe University SYSevda Yıldırım

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Descriptive cross-sectional study assesses how sexual health knowledge and literacy shape nursing students' attitudes, suggesting improvements in curricula.

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This study examines how sexual health knowledge and literacy influence nursing students' attitudes toward sexual health care.
Descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted with 290 undergraduate nursing students.
Data collected using online questionnaires including specific scales for health knowledge and literacy.
Statistical analyses included t-tests, ANOVA, correlation, and hierarchical regression.
Sexual health literacy was identified as the strongest predictor of attitudes, explaining 29.3% of the variance.
Sexual health knowledge had a limited effect, with no significant increase in explained variance beyond school year and perceived sufficiency.
Attitudes were also associated with educational progression and perceived competence in sexual health knowledge.

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Mert-Karadas et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ec5b2388ba6daa22dacb89 https://doi.org/10.31125/globnursinsights.1825910

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Descriptive cross-sectional study assesses how sexual health knowledge and literacy shape nursing students' attitudes, suggesting improvements in curricula.

The Effects of Nursing Students’ Sexual Health Knowledge and Sexual Health Literacy on Their Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care

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The Effects of Nursing Students’ Sexual Health Knowledge and Sexual Health Literacy on Their Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Care

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