Parent-child sexuality communication has been identified as a protective factor for
adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including HIV infection. The available literature …

HIV is frequently transmitted in the context of partners in a committed relationship, thus
couples-focused HIV prevention interventions are a potentially promising modality for …

Importance Parent-adolescent sexual communication has received considerable attention
as a factor that can positively affect safer sex behavior among youth; however, the evidence …

Despite consistent evidence that sexual communication positively correlates with
relationship and sexual satisfaction, there has been empirical murkiness regarding which …

While much research documents the influence of self-efficacy on enactment of health
behaviors, relatively less attention has been given to the factors that influence self-efficacy …

Media may function as sex educators for adolescents; unfortunately, media messages often
glamorize risky sexual behaviors and unhealthy relationships and neglect sexual health …

This study assessed early adolescents' sexual communication with dating partners, parents,
and best friends about six sexual health topics: condoms, birth control, sexually transmitted …

Objective: Condom use is critical for the health of sexually active adolescents, and yet many
adolescents fail to use condoms consistently. One interpersonal factor that may be key to …

In the context of health campaigns, interpersonal communication can serve at least 2
functions:(a) to stimulate change through social interaction and (b) in a secondary diffusion …

'Where do babies come from?''Why do boys have willies?''What does gay mean?'Probably
all parents have faced such 'innocent'questions from young children, and many have found …