Pichon, Marjorie;
Howard-Merrill, Lottie;
Wamoyi, Joyce;
Buller, Ana Maria;
Kyegombe, Nambusi;
(2022)
A qualitative study exploring parent-daughter approaches for communicating about sex and transactional sex in Central Uganda: Implications for comprehensive sexuality education interventions.
Journal of Adolescence
, 94
(6)
pp. 880-891.
10.1002/jad.12071.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Ugandan adolescent girls and young women are disproportionately impacted by human immunodeficiency virus, and this is largely driven by their engagement in transactional sex. Globally, parent–daughter communication about sex is associated with increased contraceptive use and delayed/decreased sexual activity, but research on parent–daughter communication about transactional sex is lacking. This paper elucidates local perspectives on, and experiences of parent–daughter communication about sex and transactional sex, to inform family-level comprehensive sexuality education interventions. METHODS: We conducted a secondary, thematic analysis of 13 focus group discussions (n = 119) and 30 in-depth interviews collected between 2014 and 2015 with adolescent girls and young women aged 14+, and men and women in Kampala and Masaka. RESULTS: We found that parents used three approaches to discuss sex and transactional sex with their daughters: (1) frightening their daughters into avoiding sex; (2) being “strict”; and (3) relying on mothers rather than fathers to “counsel” daughters. Mother–daughter communication about transactional sex was common, but frequently unidirectional. Adolescent girls and young women bringing home gifts sparked conversations about the risks of transactional sex, although less in poorer households. Mothers felt they lacked control over their daughters' sexual behaviors and thus restricted their movements and friendships to try to prevent them from having sex. In contrast to previous research, we found some evidence of mothers encouraging condom use and father–daughter communication about sex. CONCLUSIONS: Family-level comprehensive sexuality education interventions targeting parent–daughter communication about sex could further highlight the role that fathers might play, and emphasize communication about the inequitable power dynamics in transactional sex and condom negotiation skills, while reducing fear surrounding parent–daughter communication.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A qualitative study exploring parent-daughter approaches for communicating about sex and transactional sex in Central Uganda: Implications for comprehensive sexuality education interventions |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/jad.12071 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12071 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Foundation for Professionals in Services to Adolescents. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | adolescent girls and young women, adolescent health, comprehensive sexuality education, parent-child communication, transactional sex, Uganda |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161839 |
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