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Abstract
The parents matter! Program: promotion of parenting skills to prevent youth HIV infection
N Long1, K Miller2, R Forehand3, L Armistead4, B Kotchick5, L McNair6, S Wyckoff2, G Linder4, C Lin-Chen Lin7
1University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States; 2Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States; 3University of Vermont, Burlington, United States; 4Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States; 5Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, United States; 6University of Georgia, Athens, United States; 7Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, United States
Background: Parents are in a unique position to provide early and continuous HIV prevention messages to their children. Many parents, however, have difficulty communicating due to a lack of information, skills, comfort or confidence. A randomized clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to provide parents with information and skills to overcome these communication barriers.
Methods: 1115 African-American families from a longitudinal, community based intervention trial were assigned to 1 of 3 intervention arms: comprehensive skills building communication – 5 sessions focusing on communication about sexuality education and sexual risk reduction; brief skills building communication – a single condensed session covering the same content as the comprehensive intervention; and general health (control) – a single session focusing on general health issues. Assessments occurred at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and six-month follow-up.
Results: Generalized estimating equation modeling was used with appropriate controls. Findings indicated that the Comprehensive Intervention was effective in improving parents' report of parent-child communication about sexuality education and sexual risk reduction (both p < .05) at post and at 6-month follow-up. Furthermore, both parent and child reports indicated that parents in the Comprehensive Intervention were more skilled, comfortable and confident during discussions with their children at post and at 6-month follow-up (p < .05 for parent report and for child report). The Brief Intervention only resulted in changes in parent report of parent–child communication about sexuality education at post and 6-month follow-up (p < .05). The General Health Intervention demonstrated no changes.
Conclusions: The Comprehensive Intervention was effective at increasing skill, comfort and confidence to promote more optimal communication between parents and their children about HIV prevention.
The XV International AIDS Conference
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" N Long , , et al.
The parents matter! Program: promotion of parenting skills to prevent youth HIV infection.
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