title: Parent-child communication: a model for Hispanics on HIV prevention.
abstract: The prevalence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome has become a global epidemic that has affected many different racial and ethnic groups. One group that has lacked attention is the Hispanic population, due to its distinctive cultural characteristics. Many of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in Hispanics occur in adolescents. A protective factor for preventing HIV infections in adolescents is parent-child communication about sexual intercourse; however discussions about sexuality are uncommon in Hispanic families. When promoting parent-child communication among Hispanics regarding sex, it is essential to include cultural characteristics and the use of a model for empowering both parents and adolescents. The cultural characteristics examined in this article are allocentrism, familialism, personal space, time orientation, power distance, gender roles, and fatalism. A partnership model for empowering parents and adolescents, and 5 steps of the partnership process are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, 78701, USA. rabenavi@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benavides
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonazzo
authors.forename: Rosamar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D011209:Power, Psychological; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012736:Sex Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D012933:Social Identification; D013028:Space Perception; D013998:Time Perception; D016746:Transcultural Nursing; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology