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Joan Engebretson

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• Research Article
  Parent-Child Communication about Sex in African American Mother-Son Dyads
  Author(s): Diane Santa Maria, Christine Markham, Joan Engebretson, Elizabeth Baumler and Sheryl McCurdy Diane Santa Maria, Christine Markham, Joan Engebretson, Elizabeth Baumler and Sheryl McCurdy
  
  Background: Parent-child sexual health communication is a well-documented protective factor against early sexual debut and other sexual risk behaviors. Yet, little is known about communication between single, African American mother-early adolescent son dyads. To address this, a mixed method, qualitative dominant, study design was used to explore the dynamics of sexual health communication between single African-American mothers and their early adolescent sons aged 11-14 years old. Methods: Mothers and sons, recruited from community health fairs and after-school programs, participated in separate in-depth semi-structured interviews to explore mother-son sexual health communication and sons completed a brief survey about sexual activity. Results: Mothers and sons expressed both comforts and discomforts with communic.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-4972.1000134

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