Gaurav Dave1, Tiarney Ritchwood2, Tiffany L Young3, Malika Roman Isler4, Adina Black3, Aletha Y Akers5, Ziya Gizlice6, Connie Blumenthal7, Leslie Atley7, Mysha Wynn8, Doris Stith9, Crystal Cene10, Danny Ellis11, Giselle Corbie-Smith12. 1. 1 Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 2. 2 Department of Public Health Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, USA. 3. 3 NC TraCS Institute, Community Academic Resources for Engaged Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 4. 4 Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 5. 5 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Women's Hospital, Magee-Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 6. 6 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 7. 7 Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 8. 8 Project Momentum, Inc, Rocky Mount, NC, USA. 9. 9 Community Enrichment Organization Family Resource Center, Tarboro, NC, USA. 10. 10 Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 11. 11 Ellis Research & Consulting Service, LLC, Wilson, NC, USA. 12. 12 Department of Social Medicine, Department of Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Parents and caregivers play an important role in sexual socialization of youth, often serving as the primary source of information about sex. For African American rural youth who experience disparate rates of HIV/sexually transmitted infection, improving caregiver-youth communication about sexual topics may help to reduce risky behaviors. This study assessed the impact of an intervention to improve sexual topic communication. DESIGN: A Preintervention-postintervention, quasi-experimental, controlled, and community-based trial. SETTING: Intervention was in 2 rural North Carolina counties with comparison group in 3 adjacent counties. SUBJECTS: Participants (n = 249) were parents, caregivers, or parental figures for African American youth aged 10 to 14. INTERVENTION: Twelve-session curriculum for participating dyads. MEASURES: Audio computer-assisted self-interview to assess changes at 9 months from baseline in communication about general and sensitive sex topics and overall communication about sex. ANALYSIS: Multivariable models were used to examine the differences between the changes in mean of scores for intervention and comparison groups. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in changes in mean scores for communication about general sex topics ( P < .0001), communication about sensitive sex topics ( P < .0001), and overall communication about sex ( P < .0001) existed. Differences in change in mean scores remained significant after adjusting baseline scores and other variables in the multivariate models. CONCLUSIONS: In Teach One Reach One intervention, adult participants reported improved communication about sex, an important element to support risk reduction among youth in high-prevalence areas.
PURPOSE: Parents and caregivers play an important role in sexual socialization of youth, often serving as the primary source of information about sex. For African American rural youth who experience disparate rates of HIV/sexually transmitted infection, improving caregiver-youth communication about sexual topics may help to reduce risky behaviors. This study assessed the impact of an intervention to improve sexual topic communication. DESIGN: A Preintervention-postintervention, quasi-experimental, controlled, and community-based trial. SETTING: Intervention was in 2 rural North Carolina counties with comparison group in 3 adjacent counties. SUBJECTS:Participants (n = 249) were parents, caregivers, or parental figures for African American youth aged 10 to 14. INTERVENTION: Twelve-session curriculum for participating dyads. MEASURES: Audio computer-assisted self-interview to assess changes at 9 months from baseline in communication about general and sensitive sex topics and overall communication about sex. ANALYSIS: Multivariable models were used to examine the differences between the changes in mean of scores for intervention and comparison groups. RESULTS: Statistically significant differences in changes in mean scores for communication about general sex topics ( P < .0001), communication about sensitive sex topics ( P < .0001), and overall communication about sex ( P < .0001) existed. Differences in change in mean scores remained significant after adjusting baseline scores and other variables in the multivariate models. CONCLUSIONS: In Teach One Reach One intervention, adult participants reported improved communication about sex, an important element to support risk reduction among youth in high-prevalence areas.
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Keywords:
adult–youth communication about sex; community academic partnered research; risk-reduction intervention
Authors: Lydia O'Donnell; Ann Stueve; Gail Agronick; Renée Wilson-Simmons; Richard Duran; Varzi Jeanbaptiste Journal: Perspect Sex Reprod Health Date: 2005-12