Endicott College, Woosong University, Daejeon 34514, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 25;18(11):5619. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115619.
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 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 with the coordination of eight health and social care professionals and 40 gay youths. The researcher found positive and supportive feedback of how the 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 and second, assessed how this 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.
男男性行为者和男同性恋青年的咨询辅导工作研究不足。本研究旨在探讨辅导工作如何提高男同性恋青年的性健康知识和实践的有效性。作为之前研究的扩展，并应用了概念框架，本研究制定了性健康促进计划，并在八名卫生和社会保健专业人员和 40 名男同性恋青年的协调下开展了为期六个月的辅导工作。研究人员发现，辅导工作可以增加性健康知识、促进长期关系，并鼓励转介其他弱势群体，这方面得到了积极和支持性的反馈。研究结果表明有两个方向。第一个方向是征求卫生和社会保健专业人员和男同性恋青年对他们如何描述这种关系、辅导工作的应用和体验的看法；第二个方向是评估这种辅导工作如何影响和改变关于咨询服务和辅导的想法和观念。本研究反映了目前传统和包容性性健康材料之间有限的性推广。它进一步表明，需要关注和注意的领域，以升级材料，并为社区中的青年和成年人举办包容性的性健康材料。
