title: Latino Teen Theater: A Theater Intervention to Promote Latino Parent-Adolescent Sexual Communication.
abstract: Latina teen pregnancy rates continue to be a health disparity in the United States. This study evaluated a parenting intervention using interactive theater to facilitate Latino parent-adolescent communication about sexuality and pregnancy prevention. The intervention, conducted in Spanish and with teen actors, consisted of scenes involving the audience. Fifty-nine parents participated in this 3-month prospective study. Spanish measures of comfort with communication, general communication, and parent-child sexual communication were employed comparing paired t tests for each scale. Acceptability of the intervention was assessed and demonstrated. Eighty-six percent of parents used information from the performance to talk to their child. Improvements in general communication (p < .02), sexual communication (p < .001), and comfort (p < .001) occurred. Interactive theater is an innovative approach to facilitate Latino parent communication about sexuality and pregnancy prevention.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, Ashland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noone
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Tiffany L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Esqueda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D004324:Drama; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012736:Sex Education; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019529:Sexuality; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult