The Parents Matter! Program Interventions: Content and the Facilitation Process

Cultural Adaptation of a U.S. Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention for Rural Western Kenya: From Parents Matter! to Families Matter!

“…Example core implementation elements include the delivery of program sessions once weekly over a 5-week period, with children attending the final session, and delivery of the sessions by two trained and qualified facilitators. (For more information on PMP's core elements, see Long et al, 2004.) The core elements were not altered during the adaptation process so as to retain the intervention's effectiveness.…”

Parents' Perspectives on Talking to Preteenage Children About Sex

“…Parents can have a significant effect on their children’s sexual risk‐taking, and numerous interventions have been developed to support and encourage parents to talk to their children about sex 1–8 . Many parents and children, however, have only limited or no communication on the topic 9 .…”

“…Parents can have a signifi cant effect on their children' s sexual risk-taking, and numerous interventions have been developed to support and encourage parents to talk to their children about sex. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Many parents and children, however, have only limited or no communication on the topic. 9 Quantitative studies have found that parents are less likely to talk to their children about sex if they perceive that their children are not ready to hear about it, if they have negative expectations of the outcomes of talking or if they have low self-effi cacy.…”

Effective Parent Connectedness Components in Sexuality Education Interventions for African American Youth: A Review of the Literature

“…Extensive information is provided regarding theory and conceptual basis, program planning and participant recruitment, methods and research design, program facilitation, program content, retention strategies, and lessons learned from the research Ball et al, 2004;Bannon & McKay, 2007;Baptiste et al, 2005;Dittus, Miller, Kotchick, & Forehand, 2004;Forehand et al, 2004;Guilamo, Jaccard, & Casillas, 2004;Long et al, 2004a;Long et al, 2004b;Secrest et al, 2004;. Such articles could guide the development of future programming, which aims to decrease risky behaviors while strengthening family structures.…”