Sexual activity and help-seeking behaviours among older persons in Chile: the impact of health practitioner's interventions and of older person's pers

智利老年人的性活动和寻求帮助行为：卫生保健人员干预措施和老年人个人的影响

• 批准号: 2749906
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Southampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2749906
• 关键词: Sexual; activity; help; seeking; behaviours

Existing studies have highlighted that sexuality in later life has been overlooked and unspoken becauseof prejudice and stereotypes. Where older adults have raised concerns about expose their sexual health,the literature notes that they do not receive the guidance expected; meanwhile health providers considersexuality in later life as out of their scope and see themselves as without the knowledge and trainingrequired.This study investigates how older adults' personal characteristics and health practitioners' interventionsimpact upon older adults' sexual activity and help seeking behaviours in a Primary Health Care context inChile. Furthermore, this research will identify the strengths, weaknesses, enablers and barriers whicholder people and health practitioners express when addressing sexual health issues. It will also examinethe correlations between older adults' personal characteristics, their sexual activity and help-seekingbehaviours, and the correlation between practitioners' approach such consultations and older adults'sexual activity and help-seeking behaviours. This research has a cultural-specific approach by focusingon a Latin American country where sexuality in old age is often consider a taboo topic, and whereliterature from developed countries might be less applicable.This study will use mixed methods, carrying out surveys and semi-structured interviews, to gather dataon the experiences of older adults and on the views of health practitioners over sexual activity and thetreatment of this topic in a primary health care setting. The study will directly contribute to the design ofpolicies and professional training for health professionals advising older persons on sexual matters.

现有的研究强调，由于偏见和陈规定型观念，晚年的性行为一直被忽视和心照不宣。在老年人对暴露其性健康表示关切的地方，文献指出，他们没有得到预期的指导;本研究调查了老年人的个人特征和健康从业人员的干预如何影响老年人的性活动和寻求帮助的行为，智利的初级卫生保健背景。此外，这项研究将确定优势，弱点，推动者和障碍whichholders人和卫生从业人员表示，在解决性健康问题。它还将研究老年人的个人特征、性活动和求助行为之间的相关性，以及从业人员的咨询方式与老年人的性活动和求助行为之间的相关性。本研究采用了一种特定文化的方法，将重点放在一个拉丁美洲国家，那里的老年性行为通常被认为是一个禁忌话题，而发达国家的传统可能不太适用。本研究将采用混合方法，进行调查和半结构化访谈，收集有关老年人的经验和卫生从业人员对性活动的看法的数据，初级卫生保健设施。这项研究将直接有助于为老年人提供性问题咨询的保健专业人员制定政策和进行专业培训。