Assessing the effects of a complementary parent intervention and prior exposure to a preadolescent program of HIV risk reduction for mid-adolescents

B. Stanton, B. Wang, L. Deveaux, S. Lunn, G. Rolle, X. Li, N. Braithwaite, V. Dinaj-Koci, S. Marshall and P. Gomez

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 575-583

Abstract: Objectives. We (1) evaluated the impact of an evidence-based HIV prevention program with and without a parent component among mid-adolescents living in the Caribbean and (2) determined the effect of prior receipt of a related intervention during preadolescence on intervention response.

Keywords: adolescent; adolescent behavior; attitude to health; Bahamas; child; child parent relation; condom; controlled study; decision making; education; female; HIV Infections; human; interpersonal communication; male; parent; physiology; procedures; psychology; randomized controlled trial; risk reduction; self concept; sexual education; statistics and numerical data, Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Bahamas; Child; Communication; Condoms; Decision Making; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HIV Infections; Humans; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Parents; Risk Reduction Behavior; Self Efficacy; Sex Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302345

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