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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.12.1

The relationships between sexual knowledge or sexual attitudes and reproductive health promotion behavior of undergraduate students  

Koo, Sang-Mee (Dept. of Nursing, U1 University)
Kim, Hyoung-Jai (Dept. of Early Childhood Education, U1 University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.12, 2017 , pp. 1-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between sexual knowledge or sexual attitudes and reproductive health promotion behaviors of undergraduate students, and to analyze the effects of sexual knowledge on reproductive health promotion behaviors. The research method was a descriptive research study. The subjects were 357 university students with 4 year university students. The research tools used structured questionnaires to measure sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and reproductive health promoting behaviors. As a result of the research, first, sexual knowledge of students showed a significant positive correlation with reproductive health promotion behaviors, and there was no relationship between sexual behavior and reproductive health promotion behaviors. Second, sexual knowledge of students had a significant effect on reproductive health promoting behaviors and explained 12.0%. In conclusion, it is suggested that the systematic and practical education program should be developed and applied through university curriculum in order to improve the practice of reproductive health promotion behavior of undergraduate students.
Keywords
Reproductive health promotion behavior; Sexual knowledge; Sexual attitude; Undergraduate students; Sexual experience;
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