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. 2020 Apr;12(1):13-25.
doi: 10.23860/jmle-2020-12-1-2. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

Determining the feasibility of an online, media mediation program for parents to improve parent-child sexual health communication

Tracy M Scull  1 , Christina Malik  1 , Elyse Keefe  1
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Determining the feasibility of an online, media mediation program for parents to improve parent-child sexual health communication

Tracy M Scull et al. J Media Lit Educ. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Media Aware Parent is an interactive, web-based program designed to equip parents to communicate with their adolescent child about sexual health and media by enhancing parental communication and media mediation skills, as well as provide them with medically-accurate sexual health knowledge. In a small feasibility study, 56 parents of 7th and 8th graders in the United States were randomly assigned to complete a prototype of Media Aware Parent or receive online resources about adolescent sexual health. Results indicated that after using the program, participants in the intervention group discussed more new sexual health topics with their child and also had stronger beliefs in the importance of parent-adolescent communication (PAC) about sexual health when compared to the control group.

Keywords: media literacy education; media mediation; middle school; parent-adolescent communication; sexual health.

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