Zoe Duby, Wilmé Verwoerd, Katja Isaksen, Kim Jonas, Kealeboga Maruping, Janan Dietrich, Ashleigh Lovette, Caroline Kuo, Catherine Mathews
Parent-adolescent sexuality communication, the process in which parents and their adolescent children discuss sexuality and sexual and reproductive health, is a key component for adolescents' protective behaviours. Open communication with parents, particularly mothers, enables informed sexual and reproductive health (SRH) decision-making amongst adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). As part of a qualitative study evaluating a South African combination HIV prevention intervention for AGYW, we explored perspectives on SRH communication among AGYW and mothers of AGYW, and the effects of the intervention on sexuality communication as perceived by AGYW, mothers of AGYW, intervention facilitators and implementers, and community leaders...
December 2022: SAHARA J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance