Pathways to sexual health communication between adolescent girls and their female caregivers participating in a structured HIV prevention intervention in South Africa

Tonya R. Thurman, Johanna Nice, Maretha Visser and Brian G. Luckett

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 260, issue C

Abstract: Interventions that promote sexual health communication between adolescents and their parents or other primary caregivers are an important tool for reducing female adolescents’ behavioral risk. Understanding the mechanisms by which interventions effectively foster communication can inform future programs.

Keywords: South Africa; Adolescent girls and young women; HIV prevention; Parental sexual health communication; Structural equation modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113168

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