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- Title
Testing the Efficacy of a Computer-Based Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication Intervention for Latino Parents.
- Authors
Villarruel, Antonia M; Loveland-Cherry, Carol J; Ronis, David L
- Abstract
The efficacy of a computer-based intervention to increase parent-adolescent communication among Latino parents and adolescents was tested in a randomized controlled trial. Parents assigned to receive the 2-session intervention reported greater general communication, sexual communication, and comfort with communication at 3 month follow-up than did parents assigned to the wait-list control condition. Adolescents, whose parents received the intervention, reported higher sexual communication than did adolescents whose parents were in the wait-list control condition. Results provide support for the efficacy of brief parent interventions designed to maximize adolescent support systems. The acceptability of the computer-based format for an underserved population provides an important venue for the delivery and use of health information.
- Publication
Family relations, 2010, Vol 59, Issue 5, p533
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00621.x