sexual health education resources in the southeast of iran

Background: to determine the most usual resources that adolescents and teenagers are using to learn about sexual issues. a crosssectional exploratory study implemented in june 2015 in zahedan, the capital city of sistanvabaluchestan province, located in the southeast of iran.methods: using convenient sampling method, from among student of two large universities in zahedan, 134 students 18 to 22 years old, accepted invitation for filling a selfadministered anonymized questionnaire containing, 8 semiclosed questions about sexual issues.results: 44.9% of women and 41.6% of men mentioned one of their friends as their tutors. while 42.0% of women mentioned their mothers as one of their tutors, only 18.8% of them believed that more than 50% of their sexual knowledge came from their mothers. 23.1% of male participants and 36.2% of female ones alleged to know personally people of their own ages who had been subjected to sexual abuse or harassment earlier in their life.conclusion: in iran, educating sexual issues to adolescents is badly in need of organization and management. while the rule of a committed extrafamily tutor (e.g. an officially appointed school teacher) might not be considered a solution, parents have to be prompted for filling the gap.