Healthcare Practitioner Education to Address Sexuality with Adults with Disabilities: A Scoping Review.
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| Title: | Healthcare Practitioner Education to Address Sexuality with Adults with Disabilities: A Scoping Review. |
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| Authors: | Simonson, Kelsey M., Geller, Daniel |
| Source: | Sexuality & Disability. Jun2025, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p1-21. 21p. |
| Subjects: | Health literacy, Reproductive health, Human sexuality, Sex education, CINAHL database, Attitudes toward sex, Descriptive statistics, Systematic reviews, MEDLINE, Online information services, Brain injuries, Quality assurance, People with disabilities, Intimacy (Psychology), Psychology information storage & retrieval systems, Sexual health |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | Sexuality and intimacy are an important part of the human experience for all people, including people with disabilities; however, it is often overlooked by healthcare practitioners. This is due to myths and misconceptions, as well as limited knowledge, skills, and discomfort with the topic. Thus, a scoping review was conducted to examine the efficacy of sexuality and intimacy education for healthcare practitioners who work with adults with acquired disabilities. The search was conducted from September 2002 to November 2022 using Tricco's framework and included peer reviewed studies found in PubMed, Medline, Cinahl, and PsychInfo. Relevant articles were screened by two authors and 19 articles met inclusion criteria. The results showed that most of the studies were from the United States between 2018 and 2022, had a one group pre-post design, occurred over multiple days, were in-person, took place in a clinical setting and focused on two domains: knowledge and skills; comfort, attitudes and perceptions. Most of the studies showed statistically significant improvement on at least one outcome measure from each domain. Therefore, it appears that the practitioner sexuality training increased their knowledge and attitudes which in turn should help in addressing sexuality with their adult clients. However, more randomized controlled studies are needed to make more definitive conclusions about the efficacy of these programs to help practitioners address sexuality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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