ArticleJMIR pediatrics and parenting2021
Efficacy of a Web-Based Intervention (Smart Choices 4 Teens) for Facilitating Parent-Adolescent Communication About Relationships and Sexuality: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in JMIR pediatrics and parenting, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03521115 (Web-based Family Prevention of Alcohol and Risky Sex for Older Teens), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Web-based Family Prevention of Alcohol and Risky Sex for Older Teens
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Web-Based Delivery of a Family-Based Dating Abuse Prevention Program for Adolescents Exposed to Interparental Violence: Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review of Digital Health Interventions to Promote Healthy Romantic Relationships in Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Digital knowledge translation tools for sexual and reproductive health information to adolescents: an evidence gap-map.Therapeutic advances in reproductive healthReview
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a need for interventions that promote healthy decision making among adolescents and leverage the ongoing impact of parental relationships through older adolescence and young adulthood. These interventions should maximize adolescent engagement and be easily accessible to families in terms of cost, duration, and logistics related to participation.
objectiveThis study aims to test the efficacy of the healthy relationships and sexual decision-making component of a web-based intervention for older adolescents and their parents, ascertain whether the efficacy varies by gender, and assess its efficacy over time.
methodsA randomized controlled trial was conducted for the web-based, self-paced intervention Smart Choices 4 Teens from 2014 to 2015. Families (N=411) with adolescents aged 16-17 years were randomly assigned to the intervention or control condition. Surveys assessing aspects of sexual communication were administered at baseline and at 6, 12, and 18 months. Generalized estimating equations were used to determine the impact of exposure to the relationships component of the intervention on sexual communication by parents, as reported by adolescents.
resultsLess than half (88/206, 42.7%) of the intervention group participated in the third and final intervention component, which was focused on relationships and sexual decision making. Participation in the relationships component increased the frequency of parental sexual communication and increased the number of dating rules after accounting for other significant adolescent characteristics. The impact of the intervention varied little by gender, although it did demonstrate an impact on communication reports over the follow-up survey administrations.
conclusionsSmart Choices 4 Teens demonstrated efficacy in increasing the frequency of sexual communication between parents and adolescents in the long term.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03521115; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03521115.
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