The Relationship between Sexual Health Literacy and Sexual Behavior among Middle School Female Students
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The objectives of correlational descriptive research were to study sexual health literacy, sexual behavior and the relationship between health literacy and sexual behaviors of middle school female students. The samples were the middle school female students studying in the third grade of Phanat Nikhom district, Chon Buri province. The instruments used for data collection were the personal data questionnaire, health literacy questionnaire and sexual behavior questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and spearman correlation statistics.
The results showed that the mean age of the sample was 14.71 years (SD = 0.52) that overall sexual health literacy was at a sufficient level and may have some behoviors correctly (= 100.77, SD = 13.39). The mean sexual behavior of the middle school female students were 97.41 (SD = 5.09). Sexual health in decision making was positively correlated the sexual behavior of the middle school female students was statistically significant (rs = .324, p < .001).
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