title: Generational differences in the sexual communication process of African American grandparent and parent caregivers of adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study assessed generational differences in the sexual communication process between 40 African American parent and 40 grandparent caregivers of adolescent children.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study reports findings from a secondary analysis of data from two databases. The HIV Risk Reduction Survey was used to examine the sexual communication process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Grandparents wanted to talk about sex and had open sexual communications, while parents valued sexual abstinence and had limited communications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the findings, healthcare providers and programs need to recognize that differences do exist between parents and grandparents with sexual communications.
authors.affiliation: Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Judith B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cornelius
authors.affiliation: Nursing, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Pa H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescent; African American; grandparent; parent; sexual communication