Consistency and influencing factors in parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education in rural areas

YAN Run; LI Hui; LIU Ya; ZHANG Rong; YE Yunli

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.013

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YAN Run, LI Hui, LIU Ya, ZHANG Rong, YE Yunli. Consistency and influencing factors in parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education in rural areas[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(7): 1017-1020. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.013

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YAN Run, LI Hui, LIU Ya, ZHANG Rong, YE Yunli. Consistency and influencing factors in parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education in rural areas[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(7): 1017-1020. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.013

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YAN Run, LI Hui, LIU Ya, ZHANG Rong, YE Yunli. Consistency and influencing factors in parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education in rural areas[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(7): 1017-1020. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.013

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Consistency and influencing factors in parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education in rural areas

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.07.013

School of Public Health, Southeast Medical University, Luzhou(646000), Sichuan Province, China

Received Date: 2023-03-21
Rev Recd Date: 2023-04-04

Available Online: 2023-07-25

Publish Date: 2023-07-25

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Objective To understand the consistency and factors influencing rural parents' knowledge, attitude and practice about early childhood sex education, so as to put forward effective suggestions and countermeasures for improving childhood sex education in rural areas. Methods A multi-stage stratified sampling method was used to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of early childhood sex education among 1 015 parents in 16 kindergartens in rural areas of Sichuan from March to May 2019. Chi-square text and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were used to analyze factors affecting the consistency of parents' knowledge, attitude and practice of childhood sex education. Results Nearly 64.9%, 85.9% and 44.7% of parents with sufficient knowledge, support, and implement of early children's sex education, respectively, and the consistency rate of knowledge, attitude and practice were 30.2%. The results of the multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that parents aged < 31 years (OR=5.35, 95%CI=2.93-9.77), 31-40 years (OR=4.82, 95%CI=2.65-8.76) and 41-50 years (OR=2.37, 95%CI=1.10-5.11), and the mother's education level being middle school (OR=3.67, 95%CI=1.75-7.69), secondary/high school (OR=2.83, 95%CI=1.32-6.05) and college/bachelor's degree and above (OR=5.44, 95%CI=2.23-12.98), sex-related questions asked by child (OR=2.00, 95%CI=1.44-2.78), having sex education in the family (OR=5.38, 95% CI=3.82-7.59), believing that parents should be responsible for sex education for young children (OR=2.58, 95%CI=1.40-4.74) had a higher consistency rate of knowledge, attitude and practice in early childhood sex education (P < 0.05). Conclusion In rural areas of Sichuan, although parents highly support early childhood sex education, the eligible rate of knowledge and the implementing rate are quite low, as well as the consistent rate of knowledge, attitude and practice. Relevant departments should pay attention to strengthen publicity and education, especially among older parents, low-educated parents and those opposed to or not yet implementing child sex education.
- Sex education,
- Health knowledge, attitudes, practice,
- Regression analysis,
- Legal guardians,
- Rural population

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