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Abstract

                  This article, “Evaluation of Knowledge, Understanding, Attitude and Skill of Sex Communication in Thai society: An Analysis of Teenagers and Their Parents’ Point of View” is written in part of the study Evaluation of Knowledge, Understanding, Attitude and Skill of Thai Parent’s Communication about Sex with Their Teenagers. The study evaluates the process of continuous training programs targeted at parents to promote positive communication about sex issues in Thai families. The study examines 3 continuous training programs from 3 different provinces where the pilot projects are tested: (1) Amphoe Nongyaplong, Petchaburi, (2) Amphoe Prao, Chiengmai, and (3) Amphoe Chiengkam, Payao. The measurement includes effectiveness of the designed learning models to construct knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills of parent’s communication about sex with their teenagers, as well as parents’ and teenagers’ assessment after the series of trainings.
                  Drawing on essential findings from teenagers’ feedbacks from their parents, the article discovers that their parents’ attitudes towards sex do not change at all despite a heavy attendance on a series of trainings. Although teenagers expect higher frequency of sex talk as well as broader discussion about sex with their parents, but various negative approaches of ‘teaching’ and ‘prohibiting’ are still observed when “sex” and “having sex” become the topics of conversation. It is interesting to note that from parent’s point of view, they feel that they have more courage to talk about sex issues with their children compared to the past. However, with such conversation, the findings do not clearly illus-trate the degree in which quality content is communicated. Particularly, myths related to sex issues in the Thai society are still deeply rooted in parent’s belief which is regarded as the main obstruction for open up conversation with children. At the end, this article suggests that trainers for parent’s communication about sex with their teenagers should adjust training curriculum to underline more on communication skills to manage family relationship. In addition to this, alternative platforms to access the training such as online forum for parents and intensive training with teenagers should be seriously considered.