In contrast, mothers who reported that the provider discussed the HPV vaccine with them but did not include sex topics were not significantly more likely to have talked with their daughter about sex.
“We need to find multiple ways to promote parents in talking with their children about sex,” Ms. McRee concluded. “Clearly, HPV vaccine discussions are not the only opportunity for health care providers to broach this topic or for parents to broach topics related to sexuality with their daughters. But they are a reasonably acceptable opportunity, and a potentially effective one, at an age when such conversations can be most influential.”
Ms. McRee reported she had no relevant financial conflicts. Two of her coinvestigators have received funding from Merck and GlaxoSmithKline.
Parent-child communcation about sex is associated with a reduction in risky sexual behaviors in teens.
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