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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Sexual Health Education in Nursing: A Scoping Review Based on the Dialectical Structural Approach to Care in Spain.

Mónica Raquel Pereira-Afonso, Raquel Fernandez-Cézar, Victoria Lopezosa-Villajos, Miriam Hermida-Mota, Maria Angélica de Almeida Peres, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mónica Raquel Pereira-AfonsoFaculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Toledo Campus, University of Castilla-La Mancha, s/n 45071, Av. de Carlos III, 45004 Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3023-4073
Raquel Fernandez-CézarCritical Perspective Research Group, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education of Toledo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, s/n 45071, Av. de Carlos III, 45004 Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9013-7734
Victoria Lopezosa-VillajosFaculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Toledo Campus, University of Castilla-La Mancha, s/n 45071, Av. de Carlos III, 45004 Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0009-0004-3667-8830
Miriam Hermida-MotaFaculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Toledo Campus, University of Castilla-La Mancha, s/n 45071, Av. de Carlos III, 45004 Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0009-0000-4189-4416
Maria Angélica de Almeida PeresAnna Nery School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-617, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6430-3540
Sagrario Gómez-CantarinoFaculty of Physiotherapy and Nursing, Toledo Campus, University of Castilla-La Mancha, s/n 45071, Av. de Carlos III, 45004 Toledo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9640-0409

Funding

UCLM Investigation Groups for Research Projects FEDER. 2023-GRIN-34481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sexual health constitutes a fundamental aspect of overall well-being, with direct implications for individual development and the broader social and economic progress of communities. Promoting environments that ensure sexual experiences free from coercion, discrimination, and violence is a key public health priority. Sexuality, in this regard, should be understood as an inherent dimension of human experience, shaped by biological, cultural, cognitive, and ideological factors. Accordingly, sexual health education requires a holistic and multidimensional approach that integrates sociocultural, biographical, and professional perspectives. This study aims to examine the level of knowledge and training in sexual health among nursing students and healthcare professionals, as well as to assess the extent to which sexual health content is incorporated into nursing curricula at Spanish universities. A scoping review was conducted using the Dialectical Structural Model of Care (DSMC) as the theoretical framework. The findings indicate a significant lack of knowledge regarding sexual health among both nursing students and healthcare professionals, largely due to educational and structural limitations. Furthermore, sexual health education remains underrepresented in nursing curricula and is frequently addressed from a narrow, fragmented biomedical perspective. These results highlight the urgent need for the comprehensive integration of sexual health content into nursing education. Strengthening curricular inclusion is essential to ensure the preparation of competent professionals capable of delivering holistic, inclusive, and empowering care in this critical area of health.

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healthnursingsexual educationsexual healthsexualitySTI prevention and management

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PMID40805941
PMCPMC12346168

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