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Methods
Three methods were used to identify relevant studies: searching
computerized data, asking colleagues if they knew of such studies,
and reviewing study references. Only those studies that met the
following three criteria were included: (1) published in 1980 or
later; (2) targeted parents of adolescents in late elementary
school, middle school, or high school (roughly 10 to 18 years of
age), and (3) at a minimum, included a quasi-experimental design
with either pre-test and post-test data, a comparison group, or both.
The search for international studies turned up very little.To find
international studies, we: (1) searched computerized databases
that included international journals on this topic in English; (2)
contacted people in this country and foreign English-speaking
countries about articles; (3) reviewed with SIECUS the results of
the organization's international search, and; (4) reviewed the studies
summarized in a recently published comprehensive review of
international studies in this field.1
Finally, five questions were considered in reference to the evaluated
programs that were included in this review. They were:
- Did the program reach (or could it potentially reach)
substantial numbers of parents?
- Did the program advance the stated objectives?
- Did the program actually increase parent-child communication?
- Did the program improve other risk or protective factors
associated with reduced adolescent sexual risk-taking?
- Did the program delay sexual intercourse, increase the use of
condoms or other forms of contraception, and thereby
reduce sexual risk-taking?
Reference
- FOCUS on Young Adults, Advancing Young Adult Reproductive
Health: Actions for the Next Decade (Washington DC: FOCUS on
Young Adults, 2001).
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