Parents ASSIST: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Based Educational Series for Sexuality-Inclusive Communication between Parents and Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) between the ages of 13 and 24 are a key population for HIV prevention. The parents of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent males and the sex communication they have with their sons has yet to be explored as an HIV prevention intervention. We developed an o...

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Autores principales: Flores, Dalmacio D., Hennessy, Kate, Rosario, Andre, Chung, Jamie, Wood, Sarah, Kershaw, Trace, Villarruel, Antonia, Bauermeister, Jose
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010638
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010379
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author Flores, Dalmacio D.
Hennessy, Kate
Rosario, Andre
Chung, Jamie
Wood, Sarah
Kershaw, Trace
Villarruel, Antonia
Bauermeister, Jose
author_facet Flores, Dalmacio D.
Hennessy, Kate
Rosario, Andre
Chung, Jamie
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Kershaw, Trace
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description Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) between the ages of 13 and 24 are a key population for HIV prevention. The parents of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent males and the sex communication they have with their sons has yet to be explored as an HIV prevention intervention. We developed an online video series called Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality-Inclusive Sex Talks) to educate parents about sexual health topics pertinent to GBQ males. We pilot tested the series with a sample of 54 parents of GBQ males using a single-group post-test design. Participants viewed the videos and completed a survey measuring the acceptability and feasibility of an online video series to educate parents. Most of the parents (70.4%) believed that the videos would make parents more likely to initiate talking about sex with their sons. The results suggest that online videos are an acceptable way for parents to learn about GBQ sexual health topics.
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spelling pubmed-87449462022-01-11 Parents ASSIST: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Based Educational Series for Sexuality-Inclusive Communication between Parents and Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons Flores, Dalmacio D. Hennessy, Kate Rosario, Andre Chung, Jamie Wood, Sarah Kershaw, Trace Villarruel, Antonia Bauermeister, Jose Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) between the ages of 13 and 24 are a key population for HIV prevention. The parents of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent males and the sex communication they have with their sons has yet to be explored as an HIV prevention intervention. We developed an online video series called Parents ASSIST (Advancing Supportive and Sexuality-Inclusive Sex Talks) to educate parents about sexual health topics pertinent to GBQ males. We pilot tested the series with a sample of 54 parents of GBQ males using a single-group post-test design. Participants viewed the videos and completed a survey measuring the acceptability and feasibility of an online video series to educate parents. Most of the parents (70.4%) believed that the videos would make parents more likely to initiate talking about sex with their sons. The results suggest that online videos are an acceptable way for parents to learn about GBQ sexual health topics. MDPI 2021-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8744946/ /pubmed/35010638 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010379 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Parents ASSIST: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Based Educational Series for Sexuality-Inclusive Communication between Parents and Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons
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title_short Parents ASSIST: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Video-Based Educational Series for Sexuality-Inclusive Communication between Parents and Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Sons
title_sort parents assist: acceptability and feasibility of a video-based educational series for sexuality-inclusive communication between parents and gay, bisexual, and queer sons
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010638
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010379
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