A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Parents as Sexual Health Educators Resulting in Delayed Sexual Initiation and Increased Access to Condoms

Autor/inn/en	Campero, Lourdes; Walker, Dilys; Atienzo, Erika E.; Gutierrez, Juan Pablo
Titel	A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Parents as Sexual Health Educators Resulting in Delayed Sexual Initiation and Increased Access to Condoms
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 2, S.215-223 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.05.010
Schlagwörter	Contraception; Intervention; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Sexuality; Sex Education; Health Education; High School Freshmen; Control Groups; Parent Child Relationship; Innovation; Health Promotion; Questionnaires; Outcomes of Education; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empfängnisverhütung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Sexualität; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Fragebogen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Mexiko
Abstract	Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention for parents of first year high school students in the State of Morelos, Mexico, whose aim was to impact adolescents' sexual behavior, knowledge and access to contraception. Material and methods: Quasi-experimental prospective study with eleven control and eleven intervention schools using self-administered questionnaires for parents and adolescents pre- and post-intervention. Parent-child dyads in the control and intervention schools were matched according to parents' propensity score; the average treatment effect (ATE) was estimated for adolescent's outcome variables. Results: At follow-up, we found significant differences for adolescents in the intervention schools: 6.8% delayed initiation of sexual intercourse, 14.4% had correct knowledge about emergency contraception (EC), and 164% reported having received condoms from their parents, when comparing with students in control schools. Conclusions: Our results suggest that parent-focused interventions could be an innovative and effective strategy to promote adolescents sexual health. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10