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Introduction: Parents who do not feel responsible for parent-child sexual communication (PCSC) may be missing out on opportunities to engage in PCSC that has protective effects on children's sexual well-being. Using the theory of planned behavior and feminist theory, we explore how parents' PCSC attitudes and demographics are associated with perceptions of who is responsible for PCSC. Methods: Using data collected in December 2019 through January 2020 from parents of 6-11-year-olds, we ran chi-square tests, ANOVAs, and logistic regressions to determine how parent PCSC attitudes and other parental factors are associated with parent perceptions of who is responsible for PCSC. Results: The majority of parents saw themselves and/or a co-parent as primarily responsible for PCSC about facts and values. Bivariately, parents with higher scores of perceived positive PCSC outcomes, subjective norms, and self-efficacy were more likely to believe that they were solely responsible or shared an equal responsibility for PCSC. Multivariately, mothers and genderqueer parents, parents with the same gender as their child, and parents whose co-parent was less involved in parenting were more likely to report being solely responsible for PCSC. Conclusions: Most parents saw themselves or a partner as most responsible for PCSC; parent and child gender were the strongest determinants of parents' perceptions of PCSC responsibility. Policy Implications: These results suggest that it may be more effective for parent education to challenge and deconstruct traditional gender roles versus focusing on self-efficacy, norms, and perceived outcomes if we want to increase parents' perceived PCSC responsibility, especially within different-gender parent-child dyads.
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Introducción: La atención prenatal es esencial para proveer cuidado obstétrico que permita un parto seguro, buscando minimizar riesgos para madre e hijo. Objetivo: Analizar las experiencias de madres adolescentes en relación con la importancia de control prenatal en el Programa de Maternidad Segura del Hospital Canapote, Cartagena, haciendo énfasis en la primera etapa del embarazo. Métodos: Estudio cualitativo, fenomenológico en el Hospital Canapote en Cartagena, Colombia, durante el período comprendido entre diciembre del 2019 y diciembre del 2020, basado en grupos focales de 14 madres adolescentes. La entrevista contó con aspectos sociodemográficos y experiencias en los controles prenatales, de las que emergieron los conceptos que se organizaron en categorías y subcategorías de análisis. Resultados: Las adolescentes tenían como promedio entre 16 y 17 años, solteras, de familias nucleares, bachilleres, del régimen subsidiado. Las experiencias fueron favorables, sobre todo en relación a la atención del médico y el trato empático de las enfermeras, esto ha transfigurado sentimientos negativos a positivos. Conclusiones: La experiencia de las madres adolescentes se caracterizó por la percepción positiva, lo que aportó un sentimiento de temor hasta llegar a la alegría y tranquilidad al final de los controles durante el embarazo(AU)
Introduction: Prenatal care is essential to provide obstetric care that allows a safe delivery, seeking to minimize risks for the mother and her child. Objective: To analyze the experiences of adolescent mothers regarding the importance of prenatal care in the safe motherhood program of Canapote Hospital, Cartagena. Methods: A qualitative and phenomenological study was carried out at Canapote Hospital in Cartagena, Colombia, during the period from December 2019 to December 2020, based on focus groups of fourteen adolescent mothers. Sociodemographic aspects and experiences regarding prenatal checkups were included in the interview, from which concepts emerged that were organized into categories and subcategories of analysis. Results: The adolescents were 16-17 years old on average, single, from nuclear families, senior high school graduates, under subsidized regime. The experiences were favorable, especially in relation to the doctor's care and the nurses' kind treatment, which has turned negative feelings into positive ones. Conclusions: The experience of adolescent mothers was characterized by positive perception, which brought a feeling of fear until reaching joy and tranquility at the end of the checkups during pregnancy(AU)