PMID- 28245806
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170822
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Feb 28
TI  - 'Hu Hong' (bad thing): parental perceptions of teenagers' sexuality in urban 
      Vietnam.
PG  - 226
LID - 10.1186/s12889-017-4133-y [doi]
LID - 226
AB  - BACKGROUND: Teenagers under 18 years old in Vietnam are considered as minors who 
      usually lack the autonomy to make decisions. They are also sometimes viewed as 
      contributors to social evils including crime, violence and substance use. 
      Moreover, most Vietnamese teenagers have unsafe sex before marriage. The 
      objective of this study is to explore the parental perceptions relating to their 
      teenagers' sexuality, particularly the social and cultural forces, that may 
      hinder access to sexuality information. METHODS: Guided by a Community Advisory 
      Board (CAB), this qualitative study uses four focus group discussions (FGDs) 
      consisting of 12 mothers and 12 fathers, as well as twelve individual in-depth 
      interviews (IDIs) with a diverse sample of parents of teens in Ho Chi Minh City 
      (HCMC), Vietnam. Content and discourse analysis were conducted, based on 
      Foucauldian concepts. RESULTS: Four themes emerged: 1) Meanings of sexuality and 
      sexuality education, 2) Early sexual intercourse destroys teenagers' future, 3) 
      Teenagers are not hu hong (spoil/bad thing), are innocent and virgin, and 4) 
      Policing and controlling of sexual intercourse among teens. Parents did not view 
      their teenage children as sexual beings; those who are sexual are considered hu 
      hong. Parents believed that teens need to be policed and controlled to prevent 
      them from becoming hu hong, particularly girls. Controlling of sexuality 
      information by parents was therefore common in HCMC, but differed by gender and 
      educational levels of parents. For example, fathers more than mothers were not 
      comfortable teaching their teenage children about sex and sexuality. Parents with 
      higher education police their teenage children's usage of the Internet and social 
      media, while parents with lower education control who can be friends with their 
      teenage children. CONCLUSIONS: Vietnamese parents in general have negative views 
      of sex and sexuality education for their teenage children. Recognizing that many 
      Vietnamese teenagers have unsafe sex before marriage, parents need to change 
      their perceptions and understand the importance of comprehensive sexuality 
      education (CSE), which are included in UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF-developed CSE 
      tools.
FAU - Do, Lan Anh Thi
AU  - Do LA
AD  - Faculty of Social Work, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam 
      National University, 10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang street, Ben Nghe ward, District. 1, Ho 
      Chi Minh City, Vietnam. lananhytcc08@gmail.com.
AD  - Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. lananhytcc08@gmail.com.
FAU - Boonmongkon, Pimpawun
AU  - Boonmongkon P
AD  - Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
AD  - Center for Health Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
FAU - Paek, Seung Chun
AU  - Paek SC
AD  - Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
FAU - Guadamuz, Thomas E
AU  - Guadamuz TE
AD  - Department of Society and Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
AD  - Center for Health Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, 
      Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
LA  - eng
GR  - K01 MH085567/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170228
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adolescent Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Contraception Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mothers
MH  - *Parent-Child Relations
MH  - Psychology, Adolescent
MH  - Sex Education/*methods
MH  - Sexual Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Vietnam
PMC - PMC5331690
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Parental perceptions
OT  - Sex and sexuality
OT  - Sexuality education
OT  - Teenagers
OT  - Urban
OT  - Vietnam
EDAT- 2017/03/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/23 06:00
PMCR- 2017/02/28
CRDT- 2017/03/02 06:00
PHST- 2016/06/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/02/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/03/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/03/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/02/28 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-017-4133-y [pii]
AID - 4133 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-017-4133-y [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2017 Feb 28;17(1):226. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4133-y.