title: Staff characteristics and attitudes towards the sexuality of people with intellectual disability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The identification of individual staff characteristics that have a relationship with specific attitudes of staff caring for people with intellectual disability (ID) may enable targeted training and better support.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-six participants from services for people with ID in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia, completed a survey, including the Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire (Individuals with an Intellectual Disability; Cuskelly & Gilmore, 2007).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Staff attitudes towards the sexuality of people with ID were quite positive. Age, program agency position, and training uptake were all associated with positive staff attitudes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Targeted training programs in sexuality can benefit direct care workers in general, and older staff more specifically. Emphasis is warranted in the area of training for managing male sexual behaviours.
authors: RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. rimtavares@gmail.com
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Meaney-Tavares
authors: Susana
authors: S
authors: Gavidia-Payne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019529:Sexuality; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult