To review research examining the influence of “connectedness” on adolescent sexual and
reproductive health (ASRH). Connectedness, or bonding, refers to the emotional attachment …

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

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

The aim of the present meta-analysis was to investigate the associations between three
types of peer norms—descriptive norms (peer sexual behaviors), injunctive norms (peer …

PURPOSE: To compare two different parenting practices (parental monitoring and
negotiated unsupervised time) and perceived parental trust in the reporting of health risk …

The family plays an important and powerful role in the sexual socialization of children and
adolescents. The information and messages that are (or are not) communicated between …

PURPOSE: To better understand why adolescents initiate sexual activity at early ages, we
conducted a systematic literature review guided by eight key elements outlined in an …

Youth sexuality has been primarily studied with a focus on its potential public health issues,
such as sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies, and its comorbidity with …

El artículo describe el análisis psicométrico de la Escala APGAR de Smilkstein (1978),
integrada por 5 ítems de tipo likert con cinco alternativas, la cual evalúa la percepción del …

Background Many programmes on young people and HIV/AIDS prevention have focused on
the in-school and channeled sexual and reproductive health messages through schools with …