Promoting Sexual Health Knowledge through a Social Workers’ Mentorship Programme: A Study of Gay Young Adults

Mentorship of counselling for men who have sex with other men and gay youths is understudied. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of how the Mentor Modelling Programme may increase the sexual health knowledge and practices of gay youths. As an expansion of a previous study wit...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-05, Vol.18 (11), p.5619
Main Author: Dos Santos, Luis Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adults
AIDS
Counseling services
Employment
Equal rights
Gays & lesbians
Gender
Health education
Health promotion
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Minority & ethnic groups
Modelling
Nurses
Public health
Same sex marriage
Sexual health
Sexual orientation
Sexually transmitted diseases
Society
STD
Students
Transgender persons
Young adults
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Summary:Mentorship of counselling for men who have sex with other men and gay youths is understudied. The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of how the Mentor Modelling Programme may increase the sexual health knowledge and practices of gay youths. As an expansion of a previous study with the application of the conceptual framework, this study mapped a sexual health promotion plan and the six-month-long Mentor Modelling Programme with the coordination of eight health and social care professionals and 40 gay youths. The researcher found positive and supportive feedback of how the Mentor Modelling Programme could increase sexual health knowledge, promote long-term relationships, and encourage referral of other vulnerable people. The results indicated two directions. The first solicited the perspectives of health and social care professionals and gay youths on how they would describe the relationship, application to, and experience of the Mentor Modelling Programme and second, assessed how this Mentor Modelling Programme influenced and changed the ideas and senses about counselling services and mentorship. This study reflected the current limited sexual promotion between traditional and inclusive sexual health materials. It further indicated the necessary concerns and areas of attention needed to upgrade the materials and host inclusive sexual health materials for both youths and adults in the communities.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18115619