Women’s Sexual Health Literacy and Related Factors: A Population-Based Study from Iran

Jamali, Bita; Maasoumi, Raziyeh; Tavousi, Mahmoud; Mehrizi, Ali Asghar Haeri

doi:10.1080/19317611.2020.1841056

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“…Several studies observed that people with higher education had more sexual health literacy (awareness and correct attitude about sexual health and fertility), leading to their better sexual satisfaction (18,45,46). Change of attitude is another effect of education that may improve women's sexual satisfaction.…”

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“…Moreover, academic education can increase women's emotional, cognitive, and rational skills in facing life problems, as acquisition of knowledge improves sexual satisfaction of women by enhancing their intellectual capacities and awareness, communication, and marital skills (17). Engagement of more educated people in thinking and studying makes them look for solutions to their problems more easily, which results in enhanced self-esteem, thereby improving sexual satisfaction (18). However, the sense of worthiness, created in more educated women through their improved access to information and awareness of their rights, changes their attitude towards gender norms in such a way that they can no longer tolerate domestic violence (19).…”

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Do Educated Women Have More Sexual Satisfaction? A Systematic Review Study

Bayat

Ozgoli

Mahmoodi

et al. 2022

Crescent J Med Biol Sci

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Objectives: Educational status affects all aspects of life, including sex life. Regarding the relationship between women’s sexual satisfaction and their education level, contradictory results have been obtained so far. This systematic review aimed to summarize the existing knowledge in this area. Methods: In this study, three electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for all the related articles published from 1 January, 2000 to 28 June, 2022. The MeSH keywords including "educational status", "education", and "sexual satisfaction" were combined with Boolean operators of AND and OR. There were no geographical constraints in this study. Inclusion criteria were all observational articles evaluating the relationship between the educational status of heterosexual, nonpregnant, and non-sick women with sexual satisfaction. The quality of articles was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS) and the data were analyzed qualitatively. Result: Out of a total of 4984 retrieved articles, nine studies with a sample size of 10488 women were included in this systematic review (2003-2021). In subjects with sexual dysfunction and mental health problems, as well as those affected by economic pressure, sexual satisfaction was predicted by the mentioned factors and not by the education level. Generally, in the studies where it was possible to compare the participants with all levels of education (illiterate to academic) and there was no sexual dysfunction, mental health problems, and economic pressure, women’s level of education was the predictor of their sexual satisfaction. Conclusions: According to our results, education was the most effective predictor of women’s sexual satisfaction in stable conditions without sexual dysfunction. Education can improve women’s educability, knowledge, and attitudes towards sexual issues, thereby increasing their sexual satisfaction. However, for a more definite conclusion, high-quality and larger studies are needed to measure the relationship between sexual satisfaction and women’s education.

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Do Educated Women Have More Sexual Satisfaction? A Systematic Review Study

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Ozgoli

Mahmoodi

et al. 2022

Crescent J Med Biol Sci

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“…Sexual literacy, an idea originally proposed by Reinisch and Beasley (1990), is defined as the amount knowledge a person has of sexual health information and their ability to apply that knowledge in their everyday life (Jamali et al, 2020). People with a high sexual literacy can make informed decisions that will help them reduce the risks associated with sexual activity such as unwanted pregnancy and STIs.…”

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“…People with a high sexual literacy can make informed decisions that will help them reduce the risks associated with sexual activity such as unwanted pregnancy and STIs. This ability to assess and avoid risks also gives people decision making skills that can empower them exercise their sexual health rights of engaging in sexual activity without coercion or violence (Jamali et al, 2020).…”

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Sexual Literacy in Relation to Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Satisfaction

Newland¹,

Meng²,

Willis³

et al. 2022

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Promoting sexual literacy (SL) through sex education is important for the health and wellness of the public as it allows people to reduce their risk of experiencing the harmful consequences of engaging in sexual activity. In the present study, a Qualtrics survey was used to collect data of college students’ SL, romantic and sexual satisfaction, and demographic information. Consistent with past research, SL was higher for straight women than straight men, higher for bisexual women than straight women, and higher for gay men than straight men. Consistent with past research, a significant positive correlation was found between sexual satisfaction and romantic satisfaction. No correlation between SL and romantic satisfaction was found. It is possible that the differences in SL among groups is due them having different risk factors associated with sex (e.g., different behaviors) and in how they acquire sexual health information (i.e., sex-ed is generally tailored to heterosexuals).

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“…The SHL status of women of reproductive age in Iran is not exactly clear. Jamali et al’s study (2020) examined SHL among women of reproductive age in one of Iran’s northern cities and showed that 23.3% of the target audience had limited SHL [ 16 ]. The study’s researchers believed that these results may somehow have been overestimated and this may be due to the error of overestimating women’s sexual knowledge and their low perceived threat of these problems and sex-related risks in the population under study.…”

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Prerequisites of sexual health literacy promoting service: a qualitative study in Iran

Maasoumi

Jamali

Zarei

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Sexual health literacy is one of the determinants of the rate, factors, and outcomes of problems associated with sexual health and reproductive. The prerequisite of having and promoting this type of literacy is the appropriate organization and access to sexual health services. The current study was conducted with the objective of describing the perceptions and experiences of health care providers and recipients of sexual health literacy promoting services. Methods The current qualitative study was conducted on 37 individuals in the form of 3 individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews and 4 focus group discussions (26 individuals) with service recipients (women of reproductive age), and 8 in-depth and semi-structured interviews with service providers in Amol from September 2019 to March 2020. The recorded interviews were transcribed and analyzed through content analysis. Results Data analysis resulted in the extraction of the theme titled “prerequisites of sexual health literacy promoting service” which consisted of two subthemes ‘client-oriented service’ and ‘efficient service’. In the client-oriented service attention must be paid to the client’s age, sex, needs and socio-cultural background. Efficient service is a service which is based on continuing sexual education, can reconstruct sexual attitudes, is professional, team-based, integrated into other services, and has a follow-up structure. Conclusions The results outline the requirements for sexual health literacy promoting services which should be taken into consideration during the policymaking, planning and design of relevant health programs.

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Women’s Sexual Health Literacy and Related Factors: A Population-Based Study from Iran

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Do Educated Women Have More Sexual Satisfaction? A Systematic Review Study

Do Educated Women Have More Sexual Satisfaction? A Systematic Review Study

Sexual Literacy in Relation to Sexual Satisfaction and Relationship Satisfaction

Prerequisites of sexual health literacy promoting service: a qualitative study in Iran

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