Azira Nur|Binti Fideyah|Mayang Chandra Gita Siti|Norhasmah Mohd Zain|Siti Hazariah|Hamid Arazi|Nur Azira|Fideyah Binti|Siti Mariam Muda
The role of parents in providing sexuality education to their children
International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia|International Islamic University Malaysia
background parents important role delivering sexuality education childrenhowever asian parents reluctant discuss sexual matters children owing sensitivity topic lack sexual health knowledgethis study aimed examine malaysian parents knowledge attitudes practices providing sexuality education childrenmethods selfadministered questionnaire used conduct crosssectional study featuring 200 malaysian parentsdescriptive univariate analyses performed using statistical package social study spss version 230results among majority 795 parents good knowledge 82 agreed sexuality information helps children recognize avoid sexual abusemost 91 perceived good practices providing sexuality education childrenthere association parents gender knowledge sexuality educationhowever links age groups educational level parents knowledge sexuality educationconclusion malaysian parents believe sexuality education provided parents children early agehence comprehensive sexuality education program parents consisting sufficient information motivation strategies needed develop childrens sexual literacy