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Increasing parent involvement in youth HIV prevention: a randomized Caribbean study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20030495     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This article presents preliminary findings of a randomized HIV prevention study in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. The study centers on a family HIV workshop aimed at strengthening parenting skills that are empirically linked to reducing adolescent HIV exposure and other sexual risks. These skills include parental monitoring; educating youth about HIV, sex, and other sexually transmitted infections (STI's); and discussing cultural and interpersonal pressures to have sex. Participants include 180 primary caregivers and their 12-14-year-old adolescents randomized to either the Trinidad and Tobago family HIV Workshop (N = 92) or a general workshop (N = 88). Intervention and control group participants completed pretest and posttest measures on parenting and HIV risk outcomes. Compared to controls, intervention parents reported improvements in HIV knowledge (d = .79); attitudes toward AIDS (d = .42); general communication with adolescents (d = .94); conversations with adolescents about sex (d = .95); conversations about sexual risks and values (d = .43); monitoring of adolescents (d = .34); conflicts with adolescents (d = .30); and intensity of daily parenting hassles (d = .35). Intervention and control parents did not differ in behavioral control, use of positive parenting techniques, and expansion of support networks. Implications for addressing rising HIV risks among young people in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean are discussed.
Authors:
Donna R Baptiste; Chisina Kapungu; Steve Miller; Laurel Crown; David Henry; Dona Da Costa Martinez; Karen Jo-Bennett
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1943-2755     ISO Abbreviation:  AIDS Educ Prev     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-24     Completed Date:  2010-02-22     Revised Date:  2010-12-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9002873     Medline TA:  AIDS Educ Prev     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  495-511     Citation Subset:  IM; X    
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60608, USA. baptiste@uic.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Child
Female
HIV Infections / prevention & control*
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Health Promotion
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parent-Child Relations*
Parenting*
Parents / education*
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
Trinidad and Tobago
Young Adult
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
L60 MD002640-01/MD/NCMHD NIH HHS

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