Brief Sexuality Education Intervention for Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW)

Brief Sexuality Education Intervention for Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW)

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Main Author: Elakman, Abigail K.
Language:English
Published: Xavier University Psychology / OhioLINK 2021
Subjects:
Psychology
women who have sex with women
WSW
sexual health
sex education
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy161851957338882
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-xupsy1618519573388822021-08-03T07:17:09Z Brief Sexuality Education Intervention for Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW) Elakman, Abigail K. Psychology women who have sex with women WSW sexual health sex education The phrase women who have sex with women (WSW) refers to cisgender women who have had or currently have sex with other cisgender women, regardless of their sexual identity (e.g., lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual; Knight & Jarrett, 2017). A small pool of literature has found robust health disparities between WSW and women who only have sex with men (WSM). WSW commonly believe they do not need cervical screening and research has found that WSW are less likely to receive cervical screening and are more at risk for untreated cervical abnormalities than WSM (Bailey et al., 2000). WSW also tend to believe they are not at risk to contract STDs and STIs (Doul et al., 2017), and that barrier use during sex is unnecessary, although research has indicated that WSW face a similar or increased risk for contracting STDs and STIs as WSM (Gorgos & Marrazzo, 2011). The present study sought to examine the impact of a brief psycho-educative cognitive-behavioral intervention that aims to improve sexual health behaviors in WSW using a pre-test/post-test design with a 6-week follow-up. A two-way repeated measures ANOVA did not indicate a statistically significant interaction between the control group and the intervention group for all variables. However further exploratory analysis demonstrated a main effect for the intervention over three time points for knowledge, intent to pursue STD screening, intent to use barriers, confidence in talking to a healthcare provider about sexual health, and several subscales of the ACE measure. Study results may inform future sexual health interventions for WSW. 2021-04-20 English text Xavier University Psychology / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy161851957338882 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy161851957338882 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Psychology
women who have sex with women
WSW
sexual health
sex education
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women who have sex with women
WSW
sexual health
sex education
Elakman, Abigail K.
Brief Sexuality Education Intervention for Women Who Have Sex with Women (WSW)
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