Educational Program for Parents on Sexual Communication in Vulnerable Population

HIV / AIDS is one of the main global health problems and a major cause of death. The National Council for the Prevention and Control of AIDS reports that the most affected age group with the highest number of HIV / AIDS cases is 15 to 44 years old. The above suggests that adolescents are having unprotected sex (without condom use) with people infected with an STI or HIV / AIDS. This may be due to the fact that in adolescence there are biopsychological changes that, combined with the pressure of their peers, predispose them to experience sexual risk behaviors (CRS) that make them more vulnerable to HIV infection. The family is the system that most positively influences the adolescent's sexual behavior, so that parents' communication with their children about sex is fundamental to modify the attitudes and behaviors of their children. Some parents believe that talking to their children about sex means giving them permission to practice it; However, it is known that communication about sex issues between parents and children is a protective factor to reduce CRS. Based on this, various interventions have been developed to improve communication on sex issues between father and adolescent children in order to prevent CRS for HIV / AIDS. The general objective of this study is to determine if the educational program "Cuídate!" Increases the sexual communication of parents to adolescent children in a vulnerable population. The design of the study was quasi-experimental with experimental group (GE) and control (GC) with repeated measurements, the study sample consisted of 160 parents of adolescents (80 GE and 80 GC). The results show that the parents of the intervention group had greater sexual communication (74.7 vs 62.2) (U = 4234.0, p <.1), and intentions of sexual communication (73.6 vs 63, 3) (U = 4306.0; p = .119), than the parents of the control group. The educational intervention "Cuídate!" Shows to be effective after the implementation to improve the sexual communication of parents to adolescent children on sexual subjects.