Parents’ Awareness Regarding the Importance of Communication with their Children about Sexual Education

Background: Sexual education is an effective tool in the prevention of child sexual abuse across the globe. Educating children about sexual matters empowers them in identifying warning signs of sexual abuse. Aim: This study aimed to assess parents' awareness regarding the importance of communication with their children about sexual education. Design: A descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was conducted at EL-Helal hospital which affiliated to the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. Sample: A purposive sample of 185 parents'. Tools: Structured interview questionnaire, parents' ' knowledge regarding sexual education, parent's attitude toward importance of communication to their children about sexual education. Results: 56.3% of the studied parents' had unsatisfactory level of knowledge. Also, 51.9% had negative attitude regarding sexual education and its importance of communication with their children. Conclusion: There were significant statistical relation between knowledge of parents' and their gender, educational level and residence. There were significant statistical relation between attitude of studied parents' and their age, gender and occupation There was a significant statistical positive correlation between total level of knowledge and total level of attitude among the studied parents' . Recommendations: Implementing training program for parents' of children have 10 years or more on their sexual education.