Effect of Primary Care Parent-Targeted Interventions on Parent-Adolescent Communication About Sexual Behavior and Alcohol Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Adolescent well care visits provide opportunities for clinicians to facilitate parent-adolescent communication (PAC) to reduce pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and alcohol-related harm among adolescents.

Objective: To test the effect of brief parent-targeted interventions delivered in primary care settings on PAC about sexual and alcohol use behaviors.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Randomized clinical trial conducted at a primary care pediatric practice from January 4, 2016, to April 10, 2017.

Parent and Adolescent Interest in Receiving Adolescent Health Communication Information From Primary Care Clinicians.

Purpose: Patient-centered health care recognizes that adolescents and parents are stakeholders in adolescent health. We investigate adolescent and parent interest in receiving information about health topics and parent-teen communication from clinicians.

Methods: Ninety-one parent-adolescent dyads in one practice completed individual interviews.