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19–22 APRIL, 2017, BARCELONA, SPAIN
10:10–10:20
S4-3 (LO)
IMPROVEMENT OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEXUAL
HEALTH ASPECTS WITH CHILDREN WITH A CHRONIC
CONDITION
Mej J L KNOLL1, M.M. ENGELEN2, H.G.I. VAN GAAL 2, P.R.I. RABSZTYN3,
K. J.M. KWAK3, B.B.M. KORTMANN1 and W.F.J. FEITZ1
1) Radboud Amalia Children’s University Hospital Nijmegen, Pediatric Urology, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS - 2) Radboud
university medical center,, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, IQ healthcare, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS -
3) Radboud Amalia Children’s University Hospital Nijmegen, Pediatric Urology,, Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS
PURPOSE
Sexual health consultation by healthcare professionals in pediatric care is not common.
In our hospital the multidisciplinary team for disorders in sex development and genital urological
malformations discusses all aspects, including sexual health, on a regular base.
Sexual development in all children with a chronic condition can be affected with large consequences.
Therefore, talking about sexuality is important, but due to lacking skills and knowledge not standard
discussed by health care professionals.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
With our experience we started an improvement project about how to communicate about sexual
health aspects with children with a chronic condition. The project lasts 16 months. It’s divided into
7 phases; inventory existing interventions, literature review, research and intervention development
followed by the implementation and the evaluation of the intervention.
I’ll present an overview of inventory existing interventions and experiences in all pediatric university
hospitals in the Netherlands and the outcome of the literature review.
RESULTS
The preliminary results show that all health care professionals endorse the fact that sexual develop-
ment should be discussed in a better way. The current support in sexual health care is sparsely given
and there are little existing tools used. A seven step development program has been structured to
approach and solve this lack of care.
CONCLUSIONS
Sexual health communication aspects in all children with a chronic condition is clearly underex-
posed in pediatric care and can be improved. From our urological experience and the needs of the
target groups we’ll offer new intervention tools for healthcare professionals.