A Five Step Process for Interactive Parent-Adolescent Communication About HIV Prevention: Advice from Parents Living With HIV/AIDS.

Aim: This study investigated how parents living with HIV communicated about HIV prevention with their 10-18 year old children.

Methods: Interviews with 76 mothers and fathers were analyzed for (1) their experiences discussing HIV prevention with adolescents, and (2) advice on how to best broach HIV-related topics.

Results: Interactive conversations, where both parents and adolescents participated, were regarded as effective.

Communicating in complex situations: a normative approach to HIV-related talk among parents who are HIV+.

Parents with HIV/AIDS are confronted with unique challenges when discussing HIV-related information with their children. Strategies for navigating these challenges effectively have not been systematically examined. In this study, we conducted in-depth interviews with 76 parents with HIV/AIDS who had children ages 10-18 years.

Facilitators and barriers to discussing HIV prevention with adolescents: perspectives of HIV-infected parents.

Objectives: We examined HIV-infected parents' conversations about HIV prevention with their uninfected children, including what facilitated or hindered communication.

Methods: Parents with HIV/AIDS (n = 90) who had children aged 10 to 18 years were recruited for a mixed method study from 2009 to 2010. Interviews assessed facilitators and barriers to discussing HIV prevention.

Adolescents carrying handguns and taking them to school: psychosocial correlates among public school students in Illinois.

The current study sought to examine psychosocial correlates of adolescents carrying a handgun and taking a handgun to school. Survey participants were approximately 22,000 6th, 8th, and 10th grade public school students from throughout Illinois. Results showed that the strongest correlates of handgun carrying behaviours were variables directly associated with handguns and violence, both behaviours and beliefs, as well as delinquency variables.