Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention: Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Needs and Support for Talk with Teens about Sex
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants and Environment
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Rigor
2.6. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Fathers’ Perceptions of Goals, Priorities, and Barriers to Talk
3.2. Fathers’ Intervention-Based Feedback
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Father Sample Descriptives | Number | Percent |
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Region | ||
West | 17 | 40 |
Midwest | 14 | 33 |
South | 11 | 26 |
Northeast | 1 | 2 |
Father Relation | ||
Biological | 35 | 81 |
Step | 5 | 12 |
Adoptive | 3 | 7 |
Race/Ethnicity | ||
White | 16 | 37 |
Black | 14 | 33 |
Latino | 10 | 23 |
Asian | 2 | 5 |
Middle Eastern | 1 | 2 |
Born in the U.S. | 32 | 74 |
Work status | ||
Full time | 35 | 81 |
Part time | 3 | 7 |
Not working | 4 | 10 |
Prefer not to answer | 1 | 2 |
Education | ||
Less than high school | 4 | 9 |
Completed high school | 9 | 21 |
Some college | 8 | 19 |
Completed college | 9 | 21 |
Degree after college | 12 | 28 |
Prefer not to answer | 1 | 2 |
Lives with teen | 34 | 79 |
Key Interview Questions |
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Fathers’ perceptions of goals, priorities, and barriers to talk |
What are the most important things you want (teen’s name) to know about dating, relationships, or sex? How have you been able to pass on those messages? |
In general, what do you think a father’s role should be when it comes to talking about dating, relationships, and sex? How does that fit with how you are with (teen’s name)? |
What kinds of conversations with (teen’s name) about dating, relationships, or sex don’t go so well? Are there conversations you avoid? Why is that? |
Fathers’ intervention-based feedback |
What would you think about a program that would support your talk with (teen’s name) about dating, relationships, and sex? |
Would you be open to a program like that? Why you would be open/not open to this program? |
What topics do you think are most important to include in a program for fathers? Why do you think it’s important to include these topics? |
What should a program like that look like? Why do you think that? |
Father Perception and Intervention Feedback | All Fathers (n = 43) | |
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Number | Percent | |
Father roles in talk with teens | 43 | 100% |
Educator/advisor | 23 | 53% |
Parent and teen gender | 42 | 98% |
Responsiveness to teen | 15 | 35% |
Father messages to teens | 42 | 98% |
Healthy relationships | 19 | 44% |
Prevent pregnancy and STIs | 16 | 37% |
Boundaries and consent | 9 | 21% |
Father approaches to talk with teens | 38 | 88% |
Direct communication | 25 | 58% |
Indirect communication | 8 | 19% |
Lead by example | 6 | 14% |
Barriers to talk | 42 | 98% |
Father/teen discomfort or avoidance | 20 | 47% |
Teens’ lack of readiness or interest | 7 | 16% |
Hard to begin conversations | 8 | 19% |
No barriers | 9 | 21% |
Attitudes toward intervention | 41 | 95% |
Positive | 39 | 91% |
Negative | 11 | 26% |
Feedback on intervention structure | 36 | 84% |
Program delivery | 32 | 74% |
Program leadership | 15 | 35% |
Program resources | 15 | 35% |
Feedback on intervention content and process | 41 | 95% |
Content | 40 | 93% |
Process | 15 | 35% |
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Grossman, J.M.; Richer, A.M.; Hernandez, B.F.; Markham, C.M. Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention: Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Needs and Support for Talk with Teens about Sex. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063315
Grossman JM, Richer AM, Hernandez BF, Markham CM. Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention: Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Needs and Support for Talk with Teens about Sex. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(6):3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063315
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrossman, Jennifer M., Amanda M. Richer, Belinda F. Hernandez, and Christine M. Markham. 2022. "Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention: Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Needs and Support for Talk with Teens about Sex" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 6: 3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063315
APA StyleGrossman, J. M., Richer, A. M., Hernandez, B. F., & Markham, C. M. (2022). Moving from Needs Assessment to Intervention: Fathers’ Perspectives on Their Needs and Support for Talk with Teens about Sex. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3315. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063315