TY - JOUR
PY - 2016//
TI - Encuentro: feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of a culturally tailored teen-parent health promotion program
JO - Health promotion practice
A1 - Sieving, Renee E.
A1 - Allen, Michele L.
A1 - Galvan, Adriana
A1 - Rodriguez-Hager, Rosemarie
A1 - Beckman, Kara
A1 - Castillo, Marina
A1 - Gadea, Abigail
A1 - Jimbo-Llapa, Fanny
A1 - Porta, Carolyn
A1 - Svetaz, Maria Veronica
SP - 751
EP - 762
VL - 18
IS - 5
N2 - The growth of the Latino youth population, combined with the reality that many Latino adolescents live in environments characterized by social disparities, reveals a compelling need to address health inequalities affecting Latinos through effective health promotion programs designed by and for this population. This article presents findings from a pilot study of Encuentro, a health promotion program for young Latino teens and their parents. Developed by a community-university partnership, Encuentro aims to bolster internal assets, familial and cultural supports for young teens' positive development, and healthy sexual decision making and behaviors. Encuentro was pilot tested with 49 Latino families at 3 community sites in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Families were assigned to a program group or a control group. Pilot study findings confirm program feasibility and acceptability. Compared to the control group, program group youth reported substantially more involvement in activities celebrating Latino culture, and greater communication with their parents about sexual health topics. Parents in the program group reported greater ethnic pride, engaging in more activities to share Latino values and traditions with their teens, greater communication with their teens about sexual health topics, and increased parental monitoring than did parents in the control group.
FINDINGS demonstrate the potential of the Encuentro program.
© 2016 Society for Public Health Education. Language: en
LA - en
SN - 1524-8399
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839916654462
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