Parents can significantly impact their adolescent child's sexual and relationship decision-
making, yet many parents are not effectively communicating with their teens about these …

Introduction Parent-child sexual communication (PCSC) has been found to be an important
predicting factor for later sexual health. This paper explored the topics, values, and …

Policymakers, school systems, parents and health providers need to be aware that media
can be used effectively to decrease sexual risk behaviors in adolescents and young adults …

Background Adolescents in the US experience significant negative sexual health outcomes,
representing a public health priority in the US Research shows that while parents play an …

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

Comprehensive sexual health education (SHE) is an effective strategy for improving
adolescent sexual health. However, few of these programs address media influence on …

Purpose To examine the cost and cost-effectiveness of implementing Talking Parents,
Healthy Teens, a worksite-based parenting program designed to help parents address …

Although adolescents' sexual health is generally better when parents and adolescents
communicate about sex and sexuality, researchers have found parents can be reluctant to …

One key resource for improving sexual health outcomes for young people is parent-child
sexual communication, but researchers have yet to explore what prompts these …

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