Rupp Richard, Short Mary B, Head-Carroll Yameika, Rosenthal Susan L
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA.
J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2006 Apr;19(2):69-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2006.01.001.
To characterize the discussions on douching that female parents/guardians have with daughters.
A questionnaire assessing personal douching history, beliefs on the practice of douching, and what they had discussed or intended to discuss about douching with their daughters was administered to women who were parenting females 11-21 years of age.
Fifty-seven women who had douched or currently douche completed the questionnaire.
Fifty-six of the women had discussed or planned to discuss the subject with their daughters. The girls with whom they had had a discussion were significantly older (16.2 years) than those with whom they planned to have a discussion (14.1 years). Most (73%) of the women had encouraged or planned to encourage douching, while only 18% had or planned to discourage it. Mothers had or planned to have the conversation in the context of menses (76%), sexual activity (40%), or when their daughter instigated the conversation (44%). Over 40% of the mothers had not or did not intend to discuss any negatives about douching. Only ten of the women stated that a health care provider had spoken to them or their daughter about the subject.
Female parents/guardians are an important source of information about douching for their daughters. Health care providers need to educate girls as well as the women who parent them on the health risks associated with douching. Public campaigns aimed at decreasing douching should target this intergenerational transfer of information.
描述女性家长/监护人与其女儿就灌洗问题展开的讨论。
对育有11至21岁女儿的女性进行问卷调查，评估其个人灌洗史、对灌洗做法的看法，以及她们与女儿已讨论或打算讨论的有关灌洗的内容。
57名有过灌洗经历或目前仍在灌洗的女性完成了问卷。
56名女性已与其女儿讨论过或计划讨论该话题。她们已进行讨论的女儿明显比计划讨论的女儿年龄大（分别为16.2岁和14.1岁）。大多数（73%）女性曾鼓励或计划鼓励灌洗，而只有18%的女性曾或计划劝阻灌洗。母亲们曾或计划在月经期间（76%）、性活动期间（40%）或女儿主动提出讨论时（44%）进行交谈。超过40%的母亲未曾或不打算讨论灌洗的任何负面影响。只有10名女性表示有医疗保健人员与她们或她们的女儿谈论过该话题。
女性家长/监护人是其女儿获取灌洗相关信息的重要来源。医疗保健人员需要对女孩及其家长进行教育，使其了解与灌洗相关的健康风险。旨在减少灌洗行为的公共宣传活动应针对这种代际信息传递。
