title: Sexual communication intervention for African American mothers & daughters.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  African American girls ages 13-19 comprised nearly 3 out of 4 new cases of HIV in 2009. The goal of this study was to deliver a theoretically-driven intervention to test the feasibility for recruitment and retention of mother-daughter dyads.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty mother-daughter dyads were recruited from a community health center between February-April 2014. Comparisons were made between pre- and post-intervention scores using percent change.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twelve dyads (60%) completed the intervention. There were no demographic differences between completers and noncompleters. Notable post-intervention percent increases in scores were observed in the domains: Sexual knowledge (15%), confidence to talk (23.2%); and openness of sexual communication (26.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our small-sized study showed promise in the intervention. Increasing sexual communication between African American mothers and daughters is likely to be sustainable over time and across relationships, and thus have a greater impact on HIV-prevention behaviors later in life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA 02125. Electronic address: teri.aronowitz@umb.edu.
authors.forename: Teri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aronowitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA 02125.
authors.forename: Ijeoma Julie
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Ogunlade
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA 02125.
authors.forename: Chizoba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nwosu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA 02125.
authors.forename: Philimon N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Gona
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers; D009679:Nuclear Family; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: African American mother–daughter dyads; Early adolescence; HIV prevention; Sexual communication; Sexual initiation