Parent-youth communication and concordance between parents and adolescents on reported engagement in social relationships and sexually intimate behaviors in Hanoi and Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.
J Adolesc Health
; 48(3): 268-74, 2011 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Parent-child communication is associated with positive outcomes for youths' engagement in sexual behaviors. Limited data are available regarding parent-child communication in transitional countries. We present data from Vietnamese parent-youth dyads on parent reproductive health (RH) knowledge, comfort of communication, frequency of talk, and discordancy between youths' reported and parents' perceptions for engagement in relationships and sexually intimate behaviors.METHODS:
The cohort included 185 randomly selected parent-youth dyads in four communes in Hanoi and Khanh Hoa Province. Descriptive and comparative analysis included chi-squared tests, independent samples t-tests, and ANOVA. Linear regression analysis was used to assess relationships between parental knowledge, level of comfort, frequency of talk, and discordancy.RESULTS:
Seventy-six percent of parents and 44% of youth were female. The mean age of youth was 17.2 years. The mean score for parental "RH knowledge" was 24.74 (SD, 3.84; range, 15-34). Lower parental RH knowledge was positively associated with lower levels of education (F = 2.983; df, 184; p = .014). Data indicate a linear model in which knowledge is related to "comfort" (ß = .17; p = .048), and "comfort" to frequency of "talk" (ß = .6; p < .0001). Frequency of "talk" is not related to parents' discordant perceptions regarding their child's reported involvement in relationships (ß = .002; p = .79) or sexual touching (ß = .57; p = .60).CONCLUSIONS:
Parent and youth in Vietnam are engaged in limited communication about RH. There is a need for more data to assess the effect of these communication patterns on youths' engagement in sexual behaviors and for development of family-centered interventions to increase parental knowledge and skills for positive communication.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Relações Pais-Filho
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Comportamento Sexual
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Comunicação
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Adolesc Health
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos