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Helping Youth Develop a Healthy Sexuality: A Pre-Risk Prevention Approach for Involving Families in Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion in sub-Saharan. Kim S. Miller (CDC, Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS) Melissa N. Poulsen

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  1. Helping Youth Develop a Healthy Sexuality: A Pre-Risk Prevention Approach for Involving Families in Adolescent Sexual Health Promotion in sub-Saharan Kim S. Miller (CDC, Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS) Melissa N. Poulsen (CDC, Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS) Sarah C. Wyckoff (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Hilde Vandenhoudt (Institute for Tropical Medicine) Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS

  2. Easier to prevent risk behaviors than to change established behaviors • Sexual risk prevention efforts that occur before the initiation and establishment of risk behaviors are essential for helping young people develop and adopt healthy attitudes and behaviors than can be practiced throughout their lives • One of the most feasible and least controversial approaches to the delivery of early sexual risk prevention for youth is to involve parents and caretakers • Many barriers to discussing sexuality and sexual risk reduction

  3. Barriers to Parent-Child Sexuality and Sexual Risk Prevention Communication • Cultural Taboos • Fear, Embarrassment and Discomfort • Children are not ready to learn about sexual issues • Lack of knowledge or skills to conduct such discussions • Lack of confidence in ability to communicate • Fear that talking about sex will encourage activity • Lack of understanding about important role of parents • Apprehension about questions children will ask • Underestimate child’s involvement in sexual activities

  4. Families Matter! Program Families Matter! Program • Developed a program to provide parents with skills and tools to communicate early and effectively with their children • Designed to set a firm foundation for parenting and communication PRIOR to onset of risk behaviors • Informs parents of strategies to overcome barriers and challenges • Helps parents understand their unique role as sex educators and the importance of communicating their values • Helps parents find a sense of comfort by enhancing skills to initiate conversations with their children • Informs parents that open communication about sex is related to reduced sexual risk behavior

  5. Center for Global Health Division of Global HIV/AIDS

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