Evaluation of the Families Matter! Program in Tanzania: An Intervention to Promote Effective Parent-Child Communication About Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Risk Reduction
Autor: | Benjamin A Kamala, Kathryn D Rosecrans, David F Bwogi, Tiransia A Shoo, Kim S. Miller, Faith L. Berrier, Hamid Z Al-Alawy |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Parents Program evaluation Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Sexual Behavior MEDLINE HIV Infections Human sexuality Health Promotion Sex Education Sex education Tanzania Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling) Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Parent-Child Relations Child Curriculum 030505 public health Parenting biology Communication Behavior change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Risk Reduction Behavior Sexuality Program Evaluation |
Zdroj: | AIDS Education and Prevention. 29:105-120 |
ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
Popis: | The Families Matter! Program (FMP) is a curriculum-based intervention designed to give parents and other primary caregivers the knowledge, skills, comfort, and confidence to deliver messages to their 9-12-year-old children about sexuality and practice positive parenting skills. A pre- and post-intervention evaluation study on FMP outcomes was conducted with 658 parent participants and their preadolescent children in two administrative wards in Tanzania in 2014. There was an increase in the proportion of study participants (parent-preadolescent pairs) that had positive attitudes toward sex education. On parent-child communication, the majority of participants (59-87%) reported having had more sexuality discussions. On communication responsiveness about sexual issues, scores improved in the period between surveys, with parents showing more improvements than preadolescents. Our results corroborate evidence from previous FMP evaluations, lending support to the conclusion that FMP is successful in promoting attitude and behavior change among parents and preadolescents in different cultural contexts. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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