1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Ngo Thi Thanh Mai 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: May 23, 1979 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5. Decision No. 4618/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016, of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.
6. Changes in the training process:
The title of the research topic was changed according to Decision No. 822/QD-XHNV dated April 19, 2021, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi.
7. Thesis Title: Supporting Parents in Providing Reproductive Health Education to Their Children in Lower Secondary School in Hanoi City
8. Major: Social Work
9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- Parents are aware of the need for sexual and reproductive health education for their children; however, they are still not fully aware of their role in this educational activity. Parents' understanding of the psychophysiological changes in adolescence is fairly good but still incomplete. Approximately one-quarter of parents do not discuss sexual and reproductive health with their children. Even among those who do, the level and content of these discussions remain low, and the skills parents use during these discussions are also very limited.
- Parents have not received sufficient support from the community. Parents have a high need for support to improve their knowledge and skills in educating their children about reproductive health.
- The 8-session intervention program for parents in the experimental group demonstrated effectiveness in improving parents' capacity to educate their children about reproductive health. While the intervention group showed significant changes in knowledge, confidence, skills, and frequency of discussions with their children on this topic, the control group showed no significant changes.
12. Practical applications:
Intervention procedures can be applied in practice to enhance parents' capacity in providing reproductive health education to their adolescent children.
13. Future research directions:
The influence of parents' reproductive health education activities on their children's sexual behavior.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
- Ngo Thi Thanh Mai (2019), “Parent education initiatives in the “Parents talk, healthy adolescents” program in the US and proposed application in Vietnam”, Journal of Science of Hanoi University of Education 64(8), pp. 197-206.
- Ngo Thi Thanh Mai (2019), “Parental reproductive health education for adolescents in Hanoi city”, Journal of Science of Hanoi University of Education 63(11), pp. 175-186.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Ngo Thi Thanh Mai 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: May 23, 1979 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa province
5. Admission decision number: 4618/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National university in Hanoi.
6. Changes in academic process:
Renamed the topic according to the decision No. 822/QD-XHNV dated April 19, 2021 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, National university in Hanoi.
7. Official thesis title: Support parents in reproductive health education for children at the age of secondary school in Hanoi city
8. Major: Social work 9. Code: 9760101.01
10. Supervisors: Pro. Dr. Hoang Ba Thinh
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- Parents are aware of the need for reproductive health education for their children, however, parents are still not aware of their role in this reproductive health education. Parents' awareness of the psychophysiological changes of adolescents is quite good but still incomplete. About a quarter of parents do not talk to their children about reproductive health. For those parents who do have communication with children, the level and content of the exchange is still low, and the skills parents use in the communication process are also very limited.
- Parents have not received support from the community. Parents have high needs to be supported to improve their knowledge and skills in educating their children about reproductive health.
- The 8-session intervention program for parents in the experimental group has shown its effectiveness in improving the capacity of parents in educating their children about reproductive health. While the intervention group had marked changes in both knowledge, confidence level, skills and frequency of discussions with their children on this topic, the control group had no significant changes.
12. Practical applicability, if any:
The intervention process can be applied in practice to improve parents' capacity in reproductive health education for their adolescent children.
13. Further research directions, if any:
Parents' reproductive health education activities influence their children's sexual behavior.
14. Thesis-related publications:
- Ngo Thi Thanh Mai (2019) “Innovations in “Talking parents, Healthy teens” program in America and suggestions to apply in Vietnam”, HNUE Journal of Science 64(8), pp. 197-206.
- Ngo Thi Thanh Mai (2019) “Parental reproductive health education for adolescents in Hanoi city”, HNUE Journal of Science 63(11), pp.175-186.
