Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2013
Let's Talk!, A South African worksite-based HIV prevention parenting program.
Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effect of Parent-Based Sexual Health Education on Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health information communication in Ghana.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Cultural Adaptation of Group Parenting Programs: Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Best Practices.Family process · 2021Pooled it
- Randomized Controlled Trial of Game Changers, a Social Network Intervention for HIV Prevention in Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2026Trial
- The Treatment Ambassador Program: A Highly Acceptable and Feasible Community-Based Peer Intervention for South Africans Living with HIV Who Delay or Discontinue Antiretroviral Therapy.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- A Pilot Test of Game Changers, a Social Network Intervention to Empower People with HIV to be Prevention Advocates in Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- A church-based intervention for families to promote mental health and prevent HIV among adolescents in rural Kenya: Results of a randomized trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Adolescent Sexual Health Education: Parents Benefit Too!Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2015Trial
- Safety-related moderators of a parent-based HIV prevention intervention in South Africa.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2014Trial
- Testing the Efficacy of a Web-Based Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication Intervention Among Puerto Ricans.Family & community healthTrial
- Implementation outcomes of the IMARA-South Africa mother-daughter HIV/STI prevention intervention: A mixed-methods study.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2025Article
- Enhanced Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Implementation for Ugandan Fisherfolk: Pilot Intervention Outcomes.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- Exploring the culturally sensitive sexual and reproductive health information communication skill needs of parents in Ghana.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2023Article
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- Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- A systematic review of effective parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health information communication in lower- and middle-income countries.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Review
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- A qualitative investigation of facilitators and barriers to DREAMS uptake among adolescents with grandparent caregivers in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeSouth African adolescents have high HIV risk, yet few prevention interventions are effective. Parents play a pivotal role in youths' healthy sexual development and may be at risk themselves. We tested whether Let's Talk!, a worksite-based parenting program, improves parent-child communication about HIV and sexual health and parent condom use self-efficacy and behavior.
methodsWe culturally adapted Let's Talk! in two languages, drawing on formative research and community stakeholder input. We then conducted a small randomized test at a large public worksite in Cape Town, South Africa. The intervention consisted of 5 weekly 2-hour group sessions for parents of youth aged 11-15. Sixty-six parents (64% female) and their 64 adolescents (41% female) completed surveys before and 1-2 weeks post-intervention; surveys assessed comfort with talking about sex, communication about 16 HIV- and sex-related topics, and parents' condom use self-efficacy and behavior. Thirty-four black African (Xhosa language) and 32 coloured (mixed-race; Afrikaans language) parent-child dyads participated. Parents were randomized to intervention (n = 34) and control (n = 32) groups; randomization was stratified by language.
resultsMultivariate regressions indicated that the intervention significantly increased parents' comfort with talking to their adolescent about sex, b(SE) = .98(.39), p = .02, and the number of sex- and HIV-related topics discussed with their adolescent, b(SE) = 3.26(1.12), p = .005. Compared with control parents, intervention parents were more likely to discuss new sex- and HIV-related topics not discussed before the intervention, b(SE) = 2.85(.80), p <.001. The intervention significantly increased parents' self-efficacy for condom use, b(SE) = .60(.21), p = .007.
conclusionsLet's Talk! holds promise for improving parent-child communication, a critical first step in preventing HIV among youth.
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