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Development of a Web-based program to improve communication about sex

Mary Foster Cox1, Kathleen Scharer, Amy J Clark

  • 1College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29209, USA. mfcox@sc.edu

Computers, Informatics, Nursing : CIN
|December 9, 2008
PubMed

Adolescent sexual risk behavior is a serious and prevalent problem among American youth. Mothers may play a key role in discussing sex and sexual risk behavior with their adolescent children. However, mothers may lack the knowledge and skills to successfully communicate. The purpose of this study was to develop a Web site to teach mothers how to communicate with their children about sex and to demonstrate the efficacy of this Web-based program. This pilot study included 35 rural, low-income mothers of middle-school adolescents. Mothers were randomly assigned to either the Web-based experimental group or written information-only control group. Mothers in the experimental group received computers and Internet access to the Web-based program, peer support, and expert advice from a pediatric nurse practitioner. Major findings of the study were that the Web-based intervention was equally effective at improving mothers' knowledge, communication skills, and self-efficacy as the written material control and that low-income rural women who have had little to no prior experience with computers can effectively learn Web-based health-related information. Future implications for nursing are discussed.

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