Tracy M. Scull|Christina V. Malik|Elyse M. Keefe|Alexander M. Schoemann
Evaluating the Short-term Impact of Media Aware Parent, a Web-based Program for Parents with the Goal of Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion
Innovation Research and Training|Innovation Research and Training|Innovation Research and Training|East Carolina University
parents significantly impact adolescent childs sexual relationship decisionmaking yet many parents effectively communicating teens topics media sexual socialization agents adolescents encourage early risky sexual activity media aware parent webbased program parents adolescents designed improve adolescent sexual health providing parents skills highquality communication child sex relationships well mediate media usage webbased randomized controlled trial conducted 20182019 parentchild pairs grades 7 8 9 n 355 across united states parent participants identified mostly female 75 whitecaucasian 74 nonhispanic 92 youth sample balanced terms gender 45 female diverse respect race 66 white ethnicity 86 nonhispanic twentyeight percent families identified single parent household 35 youth eligible free school lunch present study assessed shortterm effects media aware parent parentadolescent communication adolescent sexual health outcomes mediarelated outcomes across onemonth timeframe parents randomly assigned intervention media aware parent active control group online access medicallyaccurate information adolescent sexual health intervention improved parentadolescent communication quality rated parents youth youth likely understand parent want sex early age youth reported agency hookups positive attitudes sexual health communication contraceptionprotection selfefficacy use contraceptionprotection decide sexual activity intervention improved media literacy skills parents youth resulted youth aware family media rules parents gave overwhelming positive feedback media aware parent results pretestposttest study provide evidence media aware parent effective webbased program parents seeking enhance parentadolescent communication media mediation positively impact adolescents sexual health outcomes