Families' Response to Aids: New Insights Into Parental Roles in Fostering Hiv/Aids Knowledge (original) (raw)

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2014

Abstract

SummaryWorldwide, there is a consensus that parents must be involved in children's HIV/AIDS education. However, there is little evidence that speaks to this advocacy for improving adolescent health. This study developed and tested four hypotheses about (i) the relationship between parents' and adolescents' knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission routes and prevention strategies conditional upon (ii) parents' gender, (iii) communication about sexuality, and (iv) the parent–adolescent education gap. The sample consisted of 306 parent–adolescent dyads from the 2002 Cameroon Family and Health Survey. Adolescents were aged 12–19 years. Overall, fifteen items about HIV/AIDS transmission routes and prevention strategies were analysed. Descriptive results showed that parents fared better than adolescents regardless of the AIDS fact considered. An exception was the correct use of condoms (parents 57% vs adolescents 61%). The generation gap probably explains this result: parents ar...

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