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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

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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.

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Research supported by: The National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH63008, PI: Brown, L.; R44 MH082103; PI: Juzang; K23 MH102131, PI: Barker, D.) and the Lifespan/Tufts/Brown Center for AIDS Research (P30AI042853, PI: Carpenter, C.) provided additional support for this report.

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    Wendy Hadley, L. K. Brown, D. Barker & J. Warren

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    P. Weddington, T. Fortune & I. Juzang

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Hadley, W., Brown, L.K., Barker, D. et al. 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. AIDS Behav 20, 1961–1972 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1418-6

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