Parents Matter!: Interventions to Promote Effective Parent-Child Communication

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy

In brief

Parents Matter is a community-based project whose goal it is to develop and test an intervention designed to promote effective parent-child communication about sexuality in order to promote sexual health among adolescents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00137943

Run by

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

People needed

2210

Starts

1999-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-27

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The eligibility criteria for the parent-child dyad are as follows:
• The parent or guardian must be African-American
• The parent or guardian must be the primary caregiver for a child in 4th or 5th grade who is 12 or younger at the time of the 1st assessment.
• The parent or guardian and the child must have lived together continuously for at least the past 3 years and the child must spend most nights (5 or more) with the parent or guardian.
• The parent or guardian and the child must both speak English.

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• University of Georgia — Athens, Georgia, United States
• Georgia State University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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