Are parenting practices associated with the same child outcomes in sub-Saharan African countries as in high-income countries? A review and synthesis

AM Devlin, D Wight, C Fenton - BMJ Global Health, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction There is increasing interest in the transferability of parenting interventions from
high-income countries (HICs) to low-income countries (LICs) in order to improve child …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of the family on adolescent sexual experience: A comparison between Baltimore and Johannesburg

K Mmari, AM Kalamar, H Brahmbhatt, E Venables - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The main objective of this paper is to understand the role of the family on the sexual
experiences of adolescents from urban, disadvantaged settings in Baltimore and …

A systematic review of the relationship between family structure and health risk behaviours amongst young people: an african perspective

J Frantz, Z Sixaba, M Smith - The Open Family Studies Journal, 2015 - benthamopen.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to review the published literature on the relationship
between family structure and engagement in health risk behaviour amongst youth in African …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring sexual awareness and Decision-making among adolescent girls and boys in rural Nicaragua: A socio-ecological approach

FM Larsson, R Bowers-Sword, G Narvaez… - Sexual & Reproductive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To explore how individual, relational, and social contexts influence adolescents'
sexual awareness and decision-making in rural Nicaragua. Methods Eighteen semi …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health, well-being, and adolescent extremism: a machine learning study on risk and protective factors

EF Haghish, M Obaidi, T Strømme, T Bjørgo… - Research on Child and …, 2023 - Springer
We examined the relationship between adolescents' extremist attitudes with a multitude of
mental health, well-being, psycho-social, environmental, and lifestyle variables, using state …

Longitudinal associations between parenting practices and children's later decision-making competence

JA Weller, AM Parker, M Reynolds… - Applied …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Developmental research has suggested that certain parenting practices impact the
development of children's later risk behaviors. However, little evidence exists regarding how …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of perception of family support and functioning on adolescent high-risk sexual behavior

O Abiodun, K Sodeinde, O Jagun… - The American Journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adolescents often engage in high-risk behaviors which often have lifelong consequences. It
is unclear whether an association exists between adolescents' perception of family support …

Effects of early social bonds on adolescent trajectories of sexual risk behaviors among south African girls

NC Gottfredson, NL Bhushan, HLMN Reyes… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
The goal of this manuscript is to advance HIV risk behavior prevention efforts for South
African adolescent girls by identifying distinct trajectory patterns across multiple behavioral …

Promoting the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent females in Ijebu-Ode, southwest, Nigeria: a study of sexual risk-taking

VJ Animasahun, OO Sholeye… - International journal of …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Sexual risk-taking among adolescents, leads to several negative sexual and reproductive
health outcomes such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) …

Reproductive health knowledge among adolescents in Indonesia: The role of family structure

SL Nasution, S Kistiana, M Gayatri… - The Family …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Adolescents often lack basic reproductive health information. Improper
information on reproductive health may lead to various types of health and social problems …