Promoting Parent-Child Interaction and Communication for Health Development of Adolescents: Lessons from a Pilot Project in Rural Bihar.

Abstract

The report assesses the feasibility of implementing the model; it assesses its acceptability as perceived by mothers and fathers of adolescents in the ages of 13–17 years; it evaluates the effectiveness of the model in raising awareness of mothers and of fathers on SRH matters, in changing their attitudes towards socialization of and communication with their adolescent children and in changing behaviors, notably parent-child communication and socialization of sons and daughters; and it explores adolescents’ own perceptions about the changes brought about in their parents’ interaction and communication over the period of the intervention.