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DOCN M9621003
TI Early childhood differentials in mother-child AIDS-information
interaction.
DT 9602
AU Sly DF; Riehman K; Wu C; Eberstein I; Quadagno D; Kistner J; Center for
the Study of Population, Florida State University,; Tallahassee
32306-4063, USA.
SO AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Aug;7(4):337-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96026587
AB To date there have been no systematic inquiries into 1) the extent of
parent-child AIDS interaction; or 2) the factors that influence whether
young children and their parents talk about AIDS. In our sample, from a
medium-sized Southern metropolitan area, 70 percent of mothers of
children in the first, third, and fifth grades said they had talked to
their child about AIDS, but only 41 percent of the mothers said their
child had asked them questions about AIDS. Fourteen hypotheses about
factors which might influence mother-child AIDS interaction are derived
from the health/sex socialization literature. In the process of testing
these bivariate hypotheses it is shown that, although sons and daughters
are equally likely to ask their mother questions about AIDS, mothers are
more likely to talk to their daughters than their sons about AIDS. This
pattern maintains even after controls are introduced. It is suggested
that discussing AIDS with young children as a health issue rather than
waiting until adolescence and discussing it as a sex issue may be a more
effective socialization route. Mothers may be able to do this with young
daughters in the context of women's health, but because most AIDS
education for adults generally is sex- rather than health-oriented they
may lack the knowledge and framework to do this with their sons.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult Blacks/EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY
Child Child, Preschool Female Gender Identity *Health Education
Human Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Middle Age *Mother-Child
Relations Sampling Studies Sex Education Social Environment
Socioeconomic Factors Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Whites/EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).