Katrina L. Pariera

TL;DR: For instance, this paper found that sexual communication was often prompted by the child, or the parent deciding the child was “old enough,” and was rarely prompted by a family member or healthcare provider.

TL;DR: This article conducted a mixed-methods study on emerging adults' beliefs about the ideal age and frequency for parents to discuss sex-related topics, and about their parents' strengths and weaknesses in sexual communication.

TL;DR: Results indicate that African-American and Hispanic-American participants have more negative attitudes about clinical trials, more distrust toward doctors, more interest in complementary and alternative medicine, and less willingness to participate in clinical trials than white/non-Hispanics, although specific factors affecting willingness to participation vary.

TL;DR: A content analysis was conducted of story lines from the 10 most popular prime-time television programs in 2009, 2010, and 2011 to understand what people may be learning about reproductive and sexual health.

TL;DR: Examination of the roles of knowledge, distrust in medical professionals, information sources, and 2 dimensions of religiosity in influencing willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials showed that distrust was a strong barrier to WTP for both ethnic groups, whereas factual knowledge about trial procedures was not associated with WTP.