BACKGROUND & AIMS:
:Parents play an important role in the sexual health of their adolescent children. Based on previous research, formative research, and theories of behavioral change, we developed Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, an intervention designed to help parents improve communication with their adolescent children, promote healthy adolescent sexual development, and reduce adolescent sexual risk behaviors. We conduct the parenting program at worksites to facilitate recruitment and retention of participants. The program consists of 8 weekly 1-hour sessions during the lunch hour. In this article, we review the literature that identifies parental influences on adolescent sexual behavior, summarize our formative research, present the theoretical framework we used to develop Talking Parents, Healthy Teens, describe the program's components and intervention strategies, and offer recommendations based on our experiences developing the program. By targeting parents at their worksites, this program represents an innovative approach to promoting adolescent sexual health. This article is intended to be helpful to health educators and clinicians designing programs for parents, employers implementing health-related programs, and researchers who may consider designing and evaluating such worksite-based programs.
背景与目标:
: 父母在青春期孩子的性健康中起着重要作用。基于先前的研究,形成性研究和行为改变理论,我们开发了会说话的父母,健康的青少年,这种干预措施旨在帮助父母改善与青春期孩子的沟通,促进健康的青春期性发展,并减少青春期的性风险行为。我们在工作场所开展育儿计划,以促进招募和留住参与者。该计划包括午餐时间每周8个1小时的课程。在本文中,我们回顾了确定父母对青少年性行为的影响的文献,总结了我们的形成性研究,提出了我们用来培养会说话的父母,健康的青少年的理论框架,描述了该计划的组成部分和干预策略,并根据我们的经验提供了建议开发该计划。通过针对工作场所的父母,该计划代表了一种促进青少年性健康的创新方法。本文旨在帮助健康教育者和临床医生为父母,实施健康相关计划的雇主以及可能考虑设计和评估此类基于工作现场的计划的研究人员设计计划。