SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN IRAN

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LATIFNEJAD ROUDSARI ROBAB; JAVADNOORI MOJGAN; HASANPOUR MARZIEH; HAZAVEHEI SEYYED MOHAMMAD MEHDI; TAGHIPOUR ALI

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Journal: International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine Year:2013 | Volume:11 | Issue:2 Page(s): 101-110

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SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN IRAN

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FEMALE ADOLESCENTS

SEX EDUCATION

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

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Background: Despite clear reasons for necessity of sexual health education for adolescents, it is a contested issue and has faced challenges in most cultures. Providing sexual education for non-married adolescents is culturally unacceptable in most Muslim societies.Objective: This qualitative study addressed socio-cultural challenges to sexual health education for FEMALE ADOLESCENTS in Iran.Materials and Methods: Qualitative data from FEMALE ADOLESCENTS (14-18 yr.), mothers, teachers, authorities in health and education organizations, health care providers and clergies were collected in two large cities of Iran including Mashhad and Ahvaz through focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis with MAXqda software.Results: Our results revealed that the main socio-cultural challenges to sexual health education for adolescents in Iran are affected by taboos surrounding sexuality. The emergent categories were: denial of premarital sex, social concern about negative impacts of sexual education, perceived stigma and embarrassment, reluctance to discuss sexual issues in public, sexual discussion as a socio-cultural taboo, lack of advocacy and legal support, intergenerational gap, religious uncertainties, and imitating non-Islamic patterns of education.Conclusion: It seems that cultural resistances are more important than religious prohibitions, and affect more the nature and content of sexual health education. However, despite existence of salient socio-cultural doubtful issues about sexual health education for adolescents, the emerging challenges are manageable to some extent. It is hoped that the acceptability of sexual health education for adolescents could be promoted through overcoming the cultural taboos and barriers as major obstacles.

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LATIFNEJAD ROUDSARI, ROBAB, JAVADNOORI, MOJGAN, HASANPOUR, MARZIEH, HAZAVEHEI, SEYYED MOHAMMAD MEHDI, & TAGHIPOUR, ALI. (2013). SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN IRAN. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE (IRANIAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE), 11(2), 101-110. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/295950/en

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LATIFNEJAD ROUDSARI ROBAB, JAVADNOORI MOJGAN, HASANPOUR MARZIEH, HAZAVEHEI SEYYED MOHAMMAD MEHDI, TAGHIPOUR ALI. SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN IRAN. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE (IRANIAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE)[Internet]. 2013;11(2):101-110. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/295950/en

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ROBAB LATIFNEJAD ROUDSARI, MOJGAN JAVADNOORI, MARZIEH HASANPOUR, SEYYED MOHAMMAD MEHDI HAZAVEHEI, and ALI TAGHIPOUR, “SOCIO-CULTURAL CHALLENGES TO SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR FEMALE ADOLESCENTS IN IRAN,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE (IRANIAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 101–110, 2013, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/295950/en

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