SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTİVE HEALTH PROBLEM İN YOUNG PEOPLE: STİGMA

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1, 59 - 76, 28.02.2025

Beyza Balkan , Melek Balçık Çolak

https://doi.org/10.70813/ssd.1415596

Öz

This analytical study was conducted to determine young people’s sexual and reproductive health-related stigma level. The data were collected online between May 2022 and July 2022 using the "Participant Information Form" and the “Young Women Sexual and Reproductive Health Stigma Scale (YWSRHSS)". The sample consisted of 275 young women. Of them, 51.3% were in the age group of 18-20 years, 47.3% were in the second year of university, 60.4% had an income equal to their expenses, and 46.5% lived in the dormitory. The mean scores they obtained from the overall YWSRHSS and its External Stigma, Unreal Stigma Attitudes and Internal Stigma sub-dimensions were 8.06+4.12, 4.02+1.87, 1.87+1.82, and 2.16+1.56 respectively. These results suggest that the participants’ mean scores were low, indicating that their levels of stigmatization attitudes were also low. Moreover a significant and negative relationship between the economic status variable and the mean score for the external stigma sub-dimension (p<0.05). In order for young people to access accurate information constantly without stigma and judgment, the society’s awareness should be raised, cooperation should be established between sectors, and legal changes should be made.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Midwifery, Sexual health, Reproductive health, Stigma

GENÇLERDE CİNSEL SAĞLIK VE ÜREME SAĞLIĞI SORUNU: DAMGALAMA

Öz

Gençlik dönemi, alışkanlıkların, cinsel davranışların şekillendiği, ihtiyaçların öncelikli ele alınması gereken dönemdir. Fakat dünyada toplumsal faktörler nedeniyle cinsel sağlık ve üreme sağlığı hizmetlerine ulaşmada sıkıntı yaşanmaktadır. Analitik tipteki bu araştırma gençlerde cinsel sağlık ve üreme sağlığı konusunda damgalama düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Veriler Mayıs-Temmuz 2022 tarihleri arasında online olarak “Katılımcı Bilgi Formu” ve “Genç Kadınlarda Cinsel ve Üreme Sağlığı Damgalama Ölçeği” kullanılarak toplanmış, örneklemini 275 genç kadın oluşturmuştur. Bireylerin %51,3’ünün 18-20 yaş grubunda, %47,3’ünün üniversite 2. sınıfta, %74,5’inin annesinin ilköğretim, %46,9’unun babasının ilköğretim mezunu olduğu, %80’inin annesinin çalışmadığı, %32,7’sinin babasının işçi, %60,4’ünün gelirinin-giderine denk olduğu, %46,5’inin yurtta yaşadığı belirlenmiştir. Ölçek toplam puan ortalaması 8,06+4,12, alt boyut toplam puan ortalamaları sırasıyla Dışsal Damgalama 4,02+1,87, Gerçek Olmayan Damgalama Tutumları 1,87+1,82, İçsel Damgalama 2,16+1,56’dir. Ölçek toplam ve alt boyut toplam puan ortalamalarının düşük olduğu dolasıyla bireylerin damgalama tutumlarının da düşük olduğu belirlenmiştir. Yaş, annenin çalışma durumu ve ölçek toplam puan ortalamaları arasında negatif ilişki olduğu, ekonomik durumla dışsal damgalama toplam puan ortalaması arasında anlamlı, negatif yönde fark olduğu (p<0.05) belirlenmiştir. Gençlerin damgalama ve yargılama olmadan, doğru bilgiye ulaşabilmesi ve sürdürülebilmesi için toplumun bilinçlendirilmesi, sektörler arası işbirliği ve yasal değişikliklerin yapılması gereklidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ebelik, Cinsel sağlık, Üreme Sağlığı, Damgalama

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