Development and two-phased pilot RCT of a foster/kinship caregiver intervention to improve sexual health communication with youth

Kym R. Ahrens, Wadiya Udell, Katie Albertson, Sarah Lowry, Teah Hoopes and Alexis Coatney

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 122, issue C

Abstract: Foster youth have high rates of unintended teen pregnancies and other negative sexual health outcomes. Foster and kinship caregivers (FKC) are an untapped resource to reduce risks. We conducted a two-phase pilot study to evaluate feasibility, acceptability and assess preliminary efficacy of a training designed to improve caregiver communication, monitoring and conflict behaviors and improve sexual health outcomes for youth in foster care. Our study included a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) component.

Keywords: Emotion regulation; Dialectical behavior therapy; Teen pregnancy; Sexually transmitted infections; Foster care; Parent-child interactions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740920322994
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:122:y:2021:i:c:s0190740920322994

DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105877

Access Statistics for this article

Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey

More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().