6. Parent interview
The parent interview format will depend on the type of
activities planned for parent and family involvement. Choose from the questions
below those you think are relevant and add others.
A) Background
1. Date of interview:
______________________________________________________________
2. School/district:
________________________________________________________________
3. Teachers name:
_______________________________________________________________
4. Sex of parent:
_________________________________________________________________
5. Sex of student:
________________________________________________________________
B) Possible questions
1. How do you feel about your son/daughter learning about
sex and AIDS at
school?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. Have you seen any of the materials used in the
programme? Which
ones?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. Have you attended any parent meeting about the
programme?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
4. The HIV/AIDS/STD programme in the school focuses on
learning information and skills to prevent HIV and STD. Overall, what do you
think of involving parents in such a
programme?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. Has your son/daughter taken the initiative to talk to
you about the HIV/AIDS/STD programme that he/she is taking/has taken in the
school?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
6. Have you taken the initiative to ask your son/daughter
about the
programme?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
7. Did you use some of the suggested questions in the
booklet?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
8. Did you do any of the Student/Parent activities with
your son/daughter? Which
one(s)?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
9. Who did the activities with your son/daughter?
(mother; father; both; other relative,
specify)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
10. Were any of the other children involved in doing the
activities?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
11. About how much time was spent on the activities that
you did with your
son/daughter?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
12. How did you find the activities (language, pictures,
too personal, too much information,
unclear....)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
13. Had you discussed sexuality with your children before
the
programme?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
14. Had you discussed AIDS/STD with your children before
the programme? With other children in your
family?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
15. Did you find it difficult?
Why?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
16. Where do you think your children learn about
sexuality outside the family and
school?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
17. Would you recommend that other parents participate in
the parent/guardian activities with their
son/daughter?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
18. Do you think the programme has affected your
son/daughter in any way - either a positive or negative
way?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
19. Do you feel you learned something from this
programme?
What?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
20. Are there changes you think should be made in the
programme or do you have any comments that you would like to
make?
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
This ends the interview. Thank you for the time you have
spent with me completing this interview and for all your comments and
suggestions. We hope that your son/daughter has benefited from the
programme.