Youth with Sickle Cell Disease: Genetic and Sexual Health Education Needs.

Objectives: Assess the need for and interest in a sexual health and sickle cell disease (SCD) inheritance educational program for youth with SCD.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional approach, qualitative data were collected during interviews of youth with SCD between ages 11-19 years from an urban hospital. Inductive and emergent coding was used to identify themes.