title: Work It Out Together: Preliminary Efficacy of a Parent and Adolescent DVD and Workbook Intervention on Adolescent Sexual and Substance Use Attitudes and Parenting Behaviors.
abstract: The purpose of the current study was to test an interactive DVD and workbook specifically designed for African-American parents and adolescents (ages 13-18), based on an efficacious face-to-face intervention, to address key factors associated with risk. A total of 170 parent-adolescent dyads were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive either the "Work It Out Together" DVD or a General Health Promotion DVD (HP). Parents and adolescents completed measures of HIV knowledge, self-efficacy, and parenting behaviors. Immediately after receiving the Work It Out Together intervention, parents and adolescents demonstrated higher HIV knowledge and greater HIV prevention self-efficacy. Three months after receiving the Work It Out Together intervention, parents and adolescents reported higher levels of parental monitoring and sexually active adolescents reported higher levels of condom use self-efficacy and a lower rate of recent sex. These outcomes provide preliminary evidence that the "Work It Out Together" DVD impacted individual attitudes and protective parenting behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC), Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Suite 204, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. whadley@lifespan.org.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC), Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Suite 204, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC), Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Suite 204, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC), Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, One Hoppin Street, Suite 204, Providence, RI, 02903, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.affiliation: MEE Productions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weddington
authors.affiliation: MEE Productions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fortune
authors.affiliation: MEE Productions, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Juzang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001741:Black or African American; D017280:Condoms; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D015143:Philadelphia; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescent; DVD; Parenting; Sexual risk; Substance use