Context When caring for an adolescent client, providers of contraceptive services must
consider whether and how to encourage parent/guardian–child communication about the …

CONTEXT: Increasingly, health care providers are using approaches targeting parents in an
effort to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Research is needed to …

Emerging empirical evidence indicates that parenting strategies can have a substantial
impact on their adolescents' sexual health. Three critical parenting strategies: monitoring …

Risky sexual behavior among adolescents is a major public health concern with potentially
long-lasting consequences, including pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and …

In a recent report, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
highlighted adolescence as a critical developmental period for shaping long-term health and …

PURPOSE: To assess the effectiveness of interventions involving parents or carers intended
to improve the sexual health of their children. METHODS: Eleven databases were searched …

A randomly selected nationally representative sample of 508 practicing pediatricians was
surveyed in order to identify factors associated with physician delivery of primary prevention …

CONTEXT Parent‐based adolescent sexual health interventions aim to reduce sexual risk
behaviors by bolstering parental protective behaviors. Few studies of theory use, methods …

Importance Parent-based sexual health interventions have received considerable attention
as one factor that can increase safer sexual behavior among youth; however, to our …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of a parent-based sexual-risk prevention program for
African American preadolescents. Design Randomized controlled trial. Setting Community …