TY - JOUR
T1 - Messages About Contraception and Condoms in Mother–Adolescent Dyadic Conversations
T2 - Knowledge, Risks, and Effectiveness
AU - McCallister, Camille J.
AU - Akers, Aletha Y.
AU - Worlds, Ashley D.
AU - Morrison, Penelope K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding was provided by the Amy Roberts Health Promotion Research Award, Magee-Womens Research Institute, United States. The authors thank Kasey Dickenson for her assistance with data collection, as well as Jennifer Harding, Ava Skolnik, and Danielle Weldon for their assistance with data management and manuscript preparation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Study Objective: Little is known about the content of parental discussions with young adolescents about reproductive health topics. We sought to characterize the messages mothers share about contraception and condoms. Design: Recruitment occurred between January 2012 and May 2013. Mothers and their 12- to 14-year-old adolescent son or daughter were invited to participate in a semistructured conversation about everyday issues and health topics, including reproductive health topics. Discussions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and a grounded theory approach to content analysis was performed. Content analysis was performed to characterize maternal messages regarding contraception and condoms. Setting: Urban city in western Pennsylvania. Participants: Twenty-five dyads; 14 mother–daughter dyads and 11 mother–son dyads. Interventions: None. Main Outcome Measures: Maternal reproductive health messages during conversations with early adolescent children. Results: Four key themes emerged. Theme 1 focused on general facts about condoms and contraceptive methods, how each works, and how to obtain them. Theme 2 emphasized the consequences of sexual behaviors and the advantages of safe sex. Theme 3 conveyed the effectiveness of condoms and contraceptive methods for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Theme 4 described where adolescents could get more information about condoms and contraception. Conclusion: Mothers convey a broad range of information about contraceptives and condoms to young adolescents.
AB - Study Objective: Little is known about the content of parental discussions with young adolescents about reproductive health topics. We sought to characterize the messages mothers share about contraception and condoms. Design: Recruitment occurred between January 2012 and May 2013. Mothers and their 12- to 14-year-old adolescent son or daughter were invited to participate in a semistructured conversation about everyday issues and health topics, including reproductive health topics. Discussions were audio-recorded, transcribed, and a grounded theory approach to content analysis was performed. Content analysis was performed to characterize maternal messages regarding contraception and condoms. Setting: Urban city in western Pennsylvania. Participants: Twenty-five dyads; 14 mother–daughter dyads and 11 mother–son dyads. Interventions: None. Main Outcome Measures: Maternal reproductive health messages during conversations with early adolescent children. Results: Four key themes emerged. Theme 1 focused on general facts about condoms and contraceptive methods, how each works, and how to obtain them. Theme 2 emphasized the consequences of sexual behaviors and the advantages of safe sex. Theme 3 conveyed the effectiveness of condoms and contraceptive methods for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Theme 4 described where adolescents could get more information about condoms and contraception. Conclusion: Mothers convey a broad range of information about contraceptives and condoms to young adolescents.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.02.117
DO - 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.02.117
M3 - Article
C2 - 30779964
AN - SCOPUS:85065049063
SN - 1083-3188
VL - 32
SP - 395
EP - 401
JO - Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
JF - Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
IS - 4
ER -