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. 2022 Mar 10;5(2):e553. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.553

Table 1.

The final version of the questionnaire to assess needs for gender‐sensitive STIs/HIV prevention services (GSPS)

Not at all Average Completely
How important are following supportive policies for the gender‐sensitive STIs/HIV care services
  • 1.
    Making spouses aware of STIs for improving family health
  • 2.
    Planning for abstinence promotion and the risk reduction policy (condom use and limiting partners)
  • 3.
    Overcoming the taboos for sexual health education
  • 4.
    Promoting communication skills education to reduce high‐risk sexual behaviors
  • 5.
    Development of a comprehensive reproductive health promotion program
  • 6.
    Control and monitoring of media for advertising high‐risk sexual behaviors
  • 7.
    Promoting sexual and reproductive rights and health
  • 8.
    Facilities for providing the services for sexually active single women
  • 9.
    Facilities for providing the services for sexually active boys
  • 10.
    Overcoming the regulation barriers for declaration of high‐risk behavior in the health system
How important are the following intersectional collaborations for the gender‐sensitive STIs/HIV care services   
  • 1.
    Academic research about sexual behaviors in the community
  • 2.
    Determining common sexual medications, effective in preventing or spreading STIs
  • 3.
    Police training on appropriate reactions with women after sexual assault
  • 4.
    Integrating STIs/HIV prevention program for men, in occupational medicine
  • 5.
    Cooperating of sports organization for education and promotion of STIs/HIV prevention programs
  • 6.
    Overcoming the barriers for education about STIs/HIV prevention in schools
How important are the following strategies for community capacitation in helping STIs/HIV prevention programs?   
  • 1.
    Parents' education for promoting adolescents sexual health
  • 2.
    Promoting culturally appropriate programs for preventing sexual high‐risk behavior
  • 3.
    Collaboration of ministry of education and ministry of health in education boys with high‐risk sexual behaviors
  • 4.
    Training of teachers about gender stereotypes that make adolescents vulnerable to sexual high‐risk behaviors
How important are the following characteristics for providers of STIs/HIV prevention services?   
  • 1.
    Trained personnel about reproductive rights of women and men
  • 2.
    Trained male personnel about counseling, diagnosis, and treatment of men's STIs
  • 3.
    Trained personnel for women's counseling about self‐protection
  • 4.
    Trained personnel for educating couples about talking about sexual problems
  • 5.
    Trained personnel for providing ethical and respectful services
  • 6.
    Trained personnel for counseling about prevention of high‐risk sexual behavior originating from patriarchal stereotypes
  • 7.
    Providing care with no bias
  • 8.
    Skillful personnel in counseling couples about reducing the risk of STIs/HIV
  • 9.
    Trained personnel about laws for protecting sexually abused women
  • 10.
    Trained personnel about Islamic perceptions about reproductive rights and correcting misconceptions
  • 11.
    Skillful personnel in sexual health counseling
  • 12.
    Personnel with no misconception about women care services
  • 13.
    Trained personnel about reducing sexual risks among adolescents
How important are the following facilities for providing STIs/HIV prevention services?   
  • 1.
    A private and secure environment for STIs risk assessment
  • 2.
    Referral system for diagnosis, treatment, and follow‐up of men with STIs
  • 3.
    STIs' screening facilities for premarital couples
  • 4.
    Hotlines for response to the questions about STIs/HIV
  • 5.
    Friendly services for providing sexual health counseling to sexually active boys
  • 6.
    Friendly services for providing STIs/HIV prevention and treatment for sexually active girls
  • 7.
    Providing STIs/HIV prevention and treatment services for temporary marriage clients
How important are the following management actions for providing STIs/HIV prevention services?   
  • 1.
    Providing continuing education for STIs/HIV care providers
  • 2.
    Training of providers and managers about gender‐sensitive services
  • 3.
    Development of guidelines for providing care for sexual violence and high‐risk behaviors
  • 4.
    Development of guidelines for advocating reproductive rights of clients
  • 5.
    Development of indexes for monitoring and evaluation of gender‐sensitive services
  • 6.
    Data gathering about the high‐risk sexual behavior of adolescents
  • 7.
    Personnel protection in the case of support for women's reproductive health
  • 8.
    Solving problems of men's STIs/HIV care providers
How important are the following care services for providing STIs/HIV prevention services?   
  • 1.
    Recommending condom use to clients with high‐risk sexual behavior
  • 2.
    Assessment of penis abnormalities as the barrier for condom use
  • 3.
    Providing female condoms for women protection if necessary
  • 4.
    Providing self‐care education and the related booklets
  • 5.
    Screening of STIs among men when their wives are using IUD
  • 6.
    Women's education about the signs and symptoms of STIs in men
  • 7.
    STIs/HIV screening of men as a prenatal care
  • 8.
    STIs/HIV prevention care and counseling for premarital couples
How important are the following educations for providing STIs/HIV prevention services?   
  • 1.
    Training of women about self‐protection
  • 2.
    Sexual health education based on the men's and women's special needs
  • 3.
    Education of negotiation skills about condom use
  • 4.
    Education about reproductive rights for clients with high‐risk sexual behaviors
  • 5.
    Providing counseling with no bias and stigmatization
  • 6.
    gender‐based education of adolescents about high‐risk sexual behavior
  • 7.
    Educating clients about ways for recognizing individuals with high‐risk sexual behaviors

Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; STIs/HIV, sexually transmitted infections/human immunodeficiency virus.