Effects of parents training on parents’ knowledge and attitudes about adolescent sexuality in Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Table 4 Effects of parents training on parents' knowledge and attitudes on adolescent sexuality topics

	Pre-intervention^a	Post-intervention^b	Difference^c	Difference in differences
Knowledge of parents on sexual reproductive health of adolescents
Intervention [70]	0.6286 (0.058)	0.9571 (0.024)	0.3285 (0.069)	0.287 (0.065)
Control [72]	0.5278 (0.0592)	0.5694 (0.059)	0.0416 (0.083)	p < 0.001
Attitudes of parents towards use of family planning services by adolescents
Intervention [70]	0.4143 (0.059)	0.8571(0.042)	0.4428 (0.081)	0.374 (0.073)
Control [72]	0.5556 (0.0590)	0.6250 (0.058)	0.0694 (0.082)	p < 0.001

^aProportion of participants at baseline
^bProportion of participants at end line
^cDifference (absolute) in pre and post intervention proportions of participants who were part of either the treated or control group obtained from two-sample test for binomial proportions (normal theory test)

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