Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parent-child communication about sexual issues can reduce risky sexual behaviour amongst adolescents. Risky sexual behaviour is of concern in sub-Saharan Africa where the prevalence of early pregnancy, unsafe abortion and HIV are high. Parent-child communication about sexual issues presents a feasible approach for reducing sexual risk amongst adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa but limited research exists from the region. This study from Zambia examines the sociodemographic and psychosocial factors that are associated with whether parents communicate with their daughters about sexual issues.

Methods

Data from a cluster randomized controlled trial examining the effect of interventions aiming to reduce teenage pregnancy and school drop out in Zambia was used. The data

SUBMITTER: Isaksen KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7364553 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature