scholarly journals Father 2 Son: The Impact of African American Father–Son Sexual Communication on African American Adolescent Sons’ Sexual Behaviors

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798831880472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allyssa L. Harris ◽  
Heidi Collins Fantasia ◽  
Courtney E. Castle
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Males ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Condom Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child

Parent–child sexual communication has been associated with reducing adolescent sexual risk behaviors. Limited research on parent–child sexual communication has been conducted on African American (AA) adolescent males who are at increased risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this research was to examine AA father–son sexual communication and the effect of contextual factors on the sexual risk behaviors. The final sample consisted of 96 AA adolescent males, ages 16–21 years. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the variables of interest (neighborhood characteristics, father–son closeness and connectedness, father–son communication, sexual permissiveness, condom attitudes, sexual risk behaviors). A path model was developed and tested. Results demonstrated that AA father–son closeness and connectedness were related to father–son communication. AA father–son communication was negatively related to sons’ permissiveness and positively related to condom attitudes. Sons’ permissiveness positively predicted their sexual risk behaviors. AA sons’ condom attitudes did not negatively or positively predict their sexual risk behaviors. The findings from this study demonstrate that AA father–son communication is an important factor in decreasing AA adolescent males’ sexual risk behaviors and HIV risk.

Parent-adolescent communication and sexual risk behaviors among African American adolescent females

2001 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph J. DiClemente ◽  
Gina M. Wingood ◽  
Richard Crosby ◽  
Brenda K. Cobb ◽  
Kathy Harrington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Females ◽  
African American Adolescent ◽  
African American Adolescent Females

The impact of life skills education on adolescent sexual risk behaviors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Magnani ◽  
Kate MacIntyre ◽  
Ali Mehyrar Karim ◽  
Lisanne Brown ◽  
Paul Hutchinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Risk ◽  
Skills Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Life Skills Education

scholarly journals Feasibility of Assessing Economic and Sexual Risk Behaviors Using Text Message Surveys in African-American Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness and Unemployment: Single-Group Study

10.2196/14833 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. e14833
Author(s):  
Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson ◽  
Nancy E Glass ◽  
Alain Labrique ◽  
Melissa Davoust ◽  
Fred M Ssewamala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
African American ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviors ◽  
Text Message ◽  
Single Group ◽  
Condomless Sex ◽  
Sex Exchange ◽  
American Young Adults

Background Text messages offer the potential to better evaluate HIV behavioral interventions using repeated longitudinal measures at a lower cost and research burden. However, they have been underused in US minority settings. Objective This study aims to examine the feasibility of assessing economic and sexual risk behaviors using text message surveys. Methods We conducted a single-group study with 17 African-American young adults, aged 18-24 years, who were economically disadvantaged and reported prior unprotected sex. Participants received a text message survey once each week for 5 weeks. The survey contained 14 questions with yes-no and numeric responses on sexual risk behaviors (ie, condomless sex, sex while high or drunk, and sex exchange) and economic behaviors (ie, income, employment, and money spent on HIV services or products). Feasibility measures were the number of participants who responded to the survey in a given week, the number of questions to which a participant responded in each survey, and the number of hours spent from sending a survey to participants to receiving their response in a given week. One discussion group was used to obtain feedback. Results Overall, 65% (n=11/17) of the participants responded to at least one text message survey compared with 35% (n=6/17) of the participants who did not respond. The majority (n=7/11, 64%) of the responders were women. The majority (n=4/6, 67%) of nonresponders were men. An average of 7.6 participants (69%) responded in a given week. Response rates among ever responders ranged from 64% to 82% across the study period. The mean number of questions answered each week was 12.6 (SD 2.7; 90% of all questions), ranging from 72% to 100%. An average of 6.4 participants (84%) answered all 14 text message questions in a given week, ranging from 57% to 100%. Participants responded approximately 8.7 hours (SD 10.3) after receiving the survey. Participants were more likely to answer questions related to employment, condomless sex, and discussions with sex partners. Nonresponse or skip was more often used for questions at the end of the survey relating to sex exchange and money spent on HIV prevention services or products. Strengths of the text message survey were convenience, readability, short completion time, having repeated measures over time, and having incentives. Conclusions Longitudinal text message surveys may be a valuable tool for assessing HIV-related economic and sexual risk behaviors. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03237871; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03237871

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