Efficacy of Abstinence Promotion Media Messages: Findings from an Online Randomized Trial

Evans, W. Douglas; Davis, Kevin; Ashley, Olivia; Blitstein, Jonathan; Koo, Helen P.; Zhang, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.02.014

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“…Of these, 15 studies [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] examined the impact of parent-child programs in community settings, and one study 26 examined the impact of a program initiated in a clinic setting. All studies showed a positive impact on at least one short-term outcome, and 12 of 16 studies showed an increase in parent-child communication about reproductive health.…”

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“…Of the 16 studies in this review, 11 [18][19][20][21][25][26][27][28][29]31,33 were determined to have a low to moderate risk for bias (i.e., higher quality) and five [22][23][24]30,32 were determined to have a high risk for bias (i.e., lower quality). Studies were considered to be at risk for bias because of recall bias, self-report bias, attrition bias, and not using blinding or intent-to-treat analysis.…”

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“…All but one of the studies in this review used an RCT design. 18,19,[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] Seven studies 19,21,22,24,25,27,28 followed participants for at least 12 months.…”

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“…Consistent with the theory and hypotheses that guided this study, participants experienced increases in regulated, communicative parenting practices and youth protective factors. Evans et al 30 found that at the first follow-up, there was a significant treatment effect for increased initiation of conversations among fathers (OR¼1.763, p¼0.0004), but no such effect among mothers; at the second follow-up, there were significant treatment effects on recommending waiting to have sex among both fathers and mothers. Forehand and colleagues 25 found that adolescents' parents in the enhanced intervention group who attended all five sessions of the intervention had higher sexual communication and responsiveness to sexual communication compared with those who attended a single session (RR¼0.62) and control participants (RR¼0.65).…”

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Programs to Strengthen Parent–Adolescent Communication About Reproductive Health

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Rivera³

et al. 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Programs to Strengthen Parent–Adolescent Communication About Reproductive Health

Gavin¹,

Williams²,

Rivera³

et al. 2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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“…Previous research has shown that parents who were exposed to PSUNC messages were more likely to recommend waiting to have sex to their children, as compared with parents who were not exposed to the campaign messages. 30 The current study builds on this work by surveying the adolescent children of parents who participated in the earlier study. It also fills gaps left by previous intervention research by evaluating an intervention that occurs at the parent level and by examining its impact on adolescent sexual beliefs.…”

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Effects of Media Campaign Messages Targeting Parents on Adolescent Sexual Beliefs

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Ashley

Gard

et al. 2011

Family &Amp; Community Health

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Using a randomized controlled trial, this study evaluated the effects of media messages targeting parents on the sexual beliefs of 404 adolescents. The messages aimed to increase parent-child communication about waiting to initiate sexual activity. Compared with children of unexposed parents, children of parents exposed to media messages were more likely to believe that teen sexual activity is psychologically harmful. However, effects varied by parent and adolescent gender; treatment effects were only significant among adolescents whose opposite-sex parent was exposed. Parent exposure strengthened beliefs that teen sexual activity is physically harmful only among adolescents with at least 1 sexually active friend.

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Community Education for Family Planning in the U.S.

Carter¹,

Tregear²,

Moskosky³

2015

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Context Community education may involve activities that seek to raise awareness and promote behavior change, using mass media, social media, and other media or interpersonal methods in community settings. This systematic review evaluated the evidence of the effects of community education on select short- and medium-term family planning outcomes. Evidence acquisition Using an analytic approach drawn from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, multiple databases were searched for articles published from January 1985 through February 2011 describing studies of community education related to family planning in the U.S. Included articles were reviewed and assessed for potential bias using a standardized process in 2011. An updated, targeted review for the 2011–2014 period was conducted in early 2015. Evidence synthesis Seventeen papers were identified. Most (nine) related to mass media interventions; three involved targeted print media, two involved text messaging or e-mail, two described outcome workers conducting community education, and one involved community theater. Study designs, strength of evidence, and levels of possible bias varied widely. Twelve of 15 studies that addressed outcomes such as increased awareness found positive associations with those outcomes, with six also reporting null findings. Seven of eight studies that addressed use of services reported positive associations, with two also reporting null findings. The targeted, additional review identified two other studies. Conclusions Evidence related to community education for family planning purposes is limited and highly variable. As goals of community education are usually limited to shorter-term outcomes, the evidence suggests that a range of approaches may be effective.

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Efficacy of Abstinence Promotion Media Messages: Findings from an Online Randomized Trial

Cited by 19 publications

References 20 publications

Programs to Strengthen Parent–Adolescent Communication About Reproductive Health

Programs to Strengthen Parent–Adolescent Communication About Reproductive Health

Effects of Media Campaign Messages Targeting Parents on Adolescent Sexual Beliefs

Community Education for Family Planning in the U.S.

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