Kamala Benjamin A, Rosecrans Kathryn D, Shoo Tiransia A, Al-Alawy Hamid Z, Berrier Faith, Bwogi David F, Miller Kim S
T-MARC Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
Allan Rosenfield Global Health Fellow with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2017 Apr;29(2):105-120. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2017.29.2.105.
The Families Matter! Program (FMP) is a curriculum-based intervention designed to give parents and other primary caregivers the knowledge, skills, comfort, and confidence to deliver messages to their 9-12-year-old children about sexuality and practice positive parenting skills. A pre- and post-intervention evaluation study on FMP outcomes was conducted with 658 parent participants and their preadolescent children in two administrative wards in Tanzania in 2014. There was an increase in the proportion of study participants (parent-preadolescent pairs) that had positive attitudes toward sex education. On parent-child communication, the majority of participants (59-87%) reported having had more sexuality discussions. On communication responsiveness about sexual issues, scores improved in the period between surveys, with parents showing more improvements than preadolescents. Our results corroborate evidence from previous FMP evaluations, lending support to the conclusion that FMP is successful in promoting attitude and behavior change among parents and preadolescents in different cultural contexts.
“家庭至关重要！”项目（FMP）是一项基于课程的干预措施，旨在让父母和其他主要照顾者掌握向9至12岁孩子传递性教育信息的知识、技能、舒适度和信心，并践行积极的育儿技巧。2014年，在坦桑尼亚的两个行政区，对658名家长参与者及其青春期前的孩子进行了一项关于FMP效果的干预前后评估研究。对性教育持积极态度的研究参与者（亲子对）比例有所增加。在亲子沟通方面，大多数参与者（59%-87%）报告称进行了更多关于性的讨论。在性问题的沟通反应能力方面，调查期间得分有所提高，父母的进步比青春期前的孩子更大。我们的结果证实了之前FMP评估的证据，支持了FMP在不同文化背景下成功促进父母和青春期前孩子态度和行为改变的结论。
