title: Parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
abstract: Parenting styles and practices are suggested to be important predictors of adolescent sexual health, mostly in Europe and North America. Limited research has been conducted on these processes in Sub-Saharan Africa, which has different patterns of adolescent sexual behavior and family traditions. This study qualitatively explored parenting practices and styles associated with adolescent sexual health in Tanzania, with 12 adolescents and 12 parents of adolescents. The themes we identified from the data included parental monitoring, preventive, and punitive behaviors. Parents were reported to use mostly punitive behaviors to correct or prohibit sexual behavior; parents also set clear rules about appropriate sexual behavior (e.g., modesty and abstinence). Parents were also reported to closely monitor their adolescent children's friendships and sexual behavior to minimize sexual behavior. However, some parents also engaged in positive preventive practices aimed at protecting their adolescent children.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health , Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences , Dar es Salaam , Tanzania.|b Department of Health Promotion and Health Education , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lusajo J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kajula
authors.affiliation: c Psychology Department , Oberlin College , Oberlin , OH , USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Darling
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health , Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences , Dar es Salaam , Tanzania.
authors.forename: Sylvia F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Kaaya
authors.affiliation: b Department of Health Promotion and Health Education , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Vries
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D010290:Parents; D011678:Punishment; D036301:Qualitative Research; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013636:Tanzania
keywords: Tanzania; adolescent; parenting practices; parenting styles; sexual behavior