Aronowitz T, Ogunlade IJ, Nwosu C, Gona PN. Sexual communication intervention for African American mothers & daughters.
Appl Nurs Res 2015;
28:229-34. [PMID:
26074297 DOI:
10.1016/j.apnr.2015.04.017]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
African American girls ages 13-19 comprised nearly 3 out of 4 new cases of HIV in 2009. The goal of this study was to deliver a theoretically-driven intervention to test the feasibility for recruitment and retention of mother-daughter dyads.
METHODS
Twenty mother-daughter dyads were recruited from a community health center between February-April 2014. Comparisons were made between pre- and post-intervention scores using percent change.
RESULTS
Twelve dyads (60%) completed the intervention. There were no demographic differences between completers and noncompleters. Notable post-intervention percent increases in scores were observed in the domains: Sexual knowledge (15%), confidence to talk (23.2%); and openness of sexual communication (26.4%).
CONCLUSION
Our small-sized study showed promise in the intervention. Increasing sexual communication between African American mothers and daughters is likely to be sustainable over time and across relationships, and thus have a greater impact on HIV-prevention behaviors later in life.
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