Objective@#To understand the current situation of early childhood
sexuality education among
parents of leftbehind
children in
rural areas and associated factors, to provide the evidence to launch the
sexuality education for left behind
children in
rural areas in the
future.@*
Methods@#An anonymous
questionnaire survey was conducted among 1 348
parents of left behind
children in
rural areas who were selected by multistage
stratified sampling during Mar. to May. 2018.@*Results@#The rate of early childhood
sexuality education of
rural areas in Sichuan was 48.4%(652).
Multivariate analysis showed that
parents whose
child was in higher grade ( OR=1.32, 95% CI =1.12-1.55); total annual
income <10 000 yuan( OR=1.48, 95%CI =1.02-2.14),
children had asked
sexrelated questions ( OR=1.44, 95%CI =1.11-1.87), reckoning it necessary( OR=3.78, 95%CI =2.57-5.58), considering
children’s
sexuality education should be held by
parents ( OR=2.69, 95%CI =1.78-4.07), other
family members had launched the early childhood
sexuality education( OR=7.86, 95%CI =5.16-11.95),
school had launched it ( OR=3.13, 95%CI =2.25-4.34) had a highter rate of early childhood
sexuality education.@*Conclusion@#Early childhood
sexuality education of
parents of left behind
children of
rural areas in Sichuan is in low level.
Sexual health education should be based in
school, together with parental
training towards
positive attitude and increases in early childhood
sexuality education.