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Enhancing Hiv Communication Between Parents And Children: Efficacy Of The Parents Matter!, Kim S. Miller, Carol Y. Lin, Melissa N. Poulsen, Amy Fasula, Sarah C. Wyckoff, Nicholas Long, Lisa Armistead
Enhancing Hiv Communication Between Parents And Children: Efficacy Of The Parents Matter!, Kim S. Miller, Carol Y. Lin, Melissa N. Poulsen, Amy Fasula, Sarah C. Wyckoff, Nicholas Long, Lisa Armistead
Psychology Faculty Publications
We examine efficacy of the Parents Matter! Program (PMP), a program to teach African-American parents of preadolescents sexual communication and HIV-prevention skills, through a multicenter, randomized control trial. A total of 1115 parent-child participants were randomized to one of three intervention arms (enhanced, brief, control). Percentages and 95% confidence intervals compare parents’ perception of child readiness to learn about sexual issues, communication effectiveness, and dyad concordance from baseline to 12 months postintervention. Wilcoxon rank sum tests compare the changes in scores measuring communication content in HIV/ AIDS, abstinence, and condom use. Compared to control, parents in the enhanced arm increased …
Making Hiv Prevention Programming Count: Identifying Predictors Of Success In A Parent-Based Hiv Prevention Program For Youth, Kim S. Miller, Rex Forehand, Ryan Wiegand, Amy M. Fasula, Lisa Armistead, Nicholas Long, Sarah C. Wyckoff
Making Hiv Prevention Programming Count: Identifying Predictors Of Success In A Parent-Based Hiv Prevention Program For Youth, Kim S. Miller, Rex Forehand, Ryan Wiegand, Amy M. Fasula, Lisa Armistead, Nicholas Long, Sarah C. Wyckoff
Psychology Faculty Publications
Predictors of change in the number of sexual topics parents discussed and responsiveness during sex communication with their preadolescent after participating in a five-session sexual risk reduction intervention for parents were examined. Data were from 339 African American parents of preadolescents enrolled in the intervention arm of a randomized-controlled trial of the Parents’ Matter! Program (PMP). Four categories of predictors of success were examined: time and resource constraints, personal characteristics, the parent-child relationship, and parent perceptions of child readiness for sex communication. There were only sporadic associations between success and time and resource constraints for either outcome. Parent perception of …