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Parental sexual health development support for emerging adolescents in western upstate New York: a qualitative interpretive description study.
| Τίτλος: | Parental sexual health development support for emerging adolescents in western upstate New York: a qualitative interpretive description study. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Leblanc NM; University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States.; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.; Behavioral, Sexual, and Global Health Lab, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States., Muheriwa-Matemba SR; University of Illinois-Chicago School of Nursing, Chicago, IL, United States., Gray A; Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States., Shamrock OW; Behavioral, Sexual, and Global Health Lab, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States., Gamble-George J; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.; Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, New York University School of Global Public Health, New York, NY, United States.; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States., Antwi M; University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States., Alcena-Stiner DC; University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, United States.; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States., Flores DD; Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States.; University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, United States. |
| Πηγή: | Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2026 Sep 02; Vol. 14, pp. 1906863. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Sep 02 (Print Publication: 2026). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Frontiers Editorial Office Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101616579 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2296-2565 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 22962565 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Front Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Lausanne : Frontiers Editorial Office |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Parents*/psychology , Sexual Health* , Parent-Child Relations*, Humans ; Qualitative Research ; Female ; Adolescent ; Child ; New York ; Male ; Interviews as Topic ; Family Support |
| Περίληψη: | Parents and caregivers are critical in supporting emerging adolescents as they begin developing the foundations of sexual health and wellbeing. This study aimed to explore how parents and caregivers support sexual health development among emerging adolescents aged 10-14 years in Monroe County, New York. A qualitative interpretive description and conventional content analysis approach guided data collection and analysis. Purposive maximum variation and snowball sampling resulted in 20 participants being recruited and engaged in semi-structured in-depth interviews. Parents described sexual health development support as embedded within broader efforts to cultivate self-actualization, autonomy, emotional regulation, bodily awareness, hygiene, consent, and healthy relationships. Four themes characterized parental experiences: parental characterization of their influence on their child's personhood; parental support toward self-actualization; parental approaches toward sexual health development; and perceived threats to sexual health development. Parents reported using anticipatory guidance, open communication, boundary setting, and quality time to prepare their children for emerging social and emotional changes. Their approaches were shaped by their own childhood experiences, including trauma, neglect, cultural values, and prior gaps in sexual health communication. Parents also identified social media, peer influence, structural inequities, and community conditions as threats to healthy sexual development. Findings suggest that sexual health promotion for emerging adolescents should recognize parents as central supports motivated by trauma aversion and enacted through anticipatory guidance shaped by lived experiences, cultural values, and new threats such as social media. Findings conceptualize the parental role in sexual health development as part of whole-person self-actualization. Insights inform the design of trauma-informed, culturally responsive interventions. (Copyright © 2026 Leblanc, Muheriwa-Matemba, Gray, Shamrock, Gamble-George, Antwi, Alcena-Stiner and Flores.) |
| Competing Interests: | The author(s) declared that this work was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. |
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| Grant Information: | UL1 TR002001 United States TR NCATS NIH HHS |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Prepubescence; adolescent sexual health; anticipatory guidance; emerging adolescent; parent-child communication; qualitative research; sexual health development |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260917 Date Completed: 20260917 Latest Revision: 20260919 |
| Update Code: | 20260919 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13580330 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1906863 |
| PMID: | 42751556 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
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| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1906863 |