Mitula, Mkumbo Godwin2019-07-092020-01-082019-07-092020-01-082011Mitula, M.G(2011)An exploration of sexual health communication between parents and their children: implications for school based sex education, master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam (available athttp://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx)http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4058Available in print formThe purpose of the research was to investigate the communication and knowledge linkage between parents and adolescents on sexual health communication. The knowledge levels of sexual health of both parents and adolescents were assessed. Obstacles hindering this communication were explored. Talking cure linkage between parents and adolescents on sexual health were carefully looked at who talks to who, when to communicate and where. A total of 150 participants were selected in Ilala Municipality in Dar es Salaam, using stratified sampling technique. A sample of randomly selected parents and their children aged 10-19. Parents were biological or guardians having experience of rearing the adolescents at a certain specific time and live with them. Data were collected by questionnaire technique, documentary reviews, interviews, and focused group discussion; and quantitative data were analysed using SPSS version 15.0. Few parents (34%) communicate sexual and reproductive health matters with their children. Fifty nine percent of parents are not aware if their children have close friends of opposite sex and those who know 44% were told by other people, 15% catch SMSs/contraceptives/love letters, 10% just guess, 5% revealing themselves, 20% after dropping academically, and 5% loose of respect. To conclude, this work revealed some barriers hindering sexual health communication between parents and their children. The results show that, most parents escaping their role towards informing the adolescents’ on sexual related matters. Special interventions therefore are needed at adoption and implementation levels which should involve changing policies. The mission to be successful there should be kind of collaboration between researchers and programme developers on the one side, and on the other side, stakeholders, government officials, and target groups (children as recipients and parents as deliverers).enSex instructionSexual health communicationHygienesexualChildrenParentsSchool based sex educationIlala districtDar es Salaam regionThesis