ERIC Number: EJ1251780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
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Determining the Feasibility of an Online, Media Mediation Program for Parents to Improve Parent-Child Sexual Health Communication
Scull, Tracy M.; Malik, Christina V.; Keefe, Elyse M.
Journal of Media Literacy Education, v12 n1 p13-25 2020
Media Aware Parent is an interactive, web-based program designed to equip parents to communicate with their adolescent child about sexual health and media by enhancing parental communication and media mediation skills, as well as provide them with medically-accurate sexual health knowledge. In a small feasibility study, 56 parents of 7th and 8th graders in the United States were randomly assigned to complete a prototype of Media Aware Parent or receive online resources about adolescent sexual health. Results indicated that after using the program, participants in the intervention group discussed more new sexual health topics with their child and also had stronger beliefs in the importance of parent-adolescent communication (PAC) about sexual health when compared to the control group.
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Sexuality, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Web Based Instruction, Parent Education, Adolescents, Communication Skills, Technological Literacy, Health Education, Grade 7, Grade 8, Program Effectiveness, Barriers, Mass Media Effects
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R43HD082968
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