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Effectiveness of a Brief Home Parenting Intervention for Reducing Early Sexual Risks Among Latino Adolescents: Salud y Éxito.
- Source :
- Journal of School Health; Nov2017, Vol. 87 Issue 11, p858-864, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Teen pregnancy rates and related risks remain elevated among Latino teens. We tested the impact on youth sexual behaviors of a brief, culturally targeted, bilingual media intervention designed for parents of young adolescents. METHODS Salud y éxito ( Health & Success) uses dramatic audio stories to model positive parenting practices. After completing classroom surveys, 27 urban schools in the Northeast and Southwest serving low-income Latino communities were randomized so that all families of seventh grade students were sent either: (1) booklets on healthy eating and exercise; (2) Salud-50, where families either received booklets or the intervention, or (3) Salud-100, where all families received the intervention. Postintervention follow-up surveys were conducted at 3- and 12-months. Multilevel analyses tested intervention effects, controlling for sociodemographics. RESULTS Compared with controls, at 12-months postintervention (8th grade spring), youth in Salud-100 report lower sexual risks (touching, AOR 1.46, CI 1.19-0.84, p < .001; lifetime sex ( AOR 0.74, CI 0.61-0.90, p < .01); and sex intentions ( AOR 0.78, CI 0.63-0.96, p < .05). Consistent with a dose-response, Salud-50 results are between those from Salud-100 and control schools. CONCLUSIONS Salud y éxito is an effective parenting intervention that can augment school-based health and sexuality education and help Latino parents support their children during early adolescence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CONFIDENCE intervals
PSYCHOLOGY of Hispanic Americans
LONGITUDINAL method
METROPOLITAN areas
PARENTING
POVERTY
PROBABILITY theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
RISK-taking behavior
STATISTICAL sampling
HUMAN sexuality
SURVEYS
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224391
- Volume :
- 87
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125592064
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12560