Table 4 Complexity of issues
Codes | Categories | Theme | |
|---|---|---|---|
• Perceived & real lack of confidentiality • Family or friends work in health services • Local issues with confidentiality | Confidentiality | Rurality | Complexity of Issues |
• Not enough services for adolescents in general • Limited access to choices such as termination • There is a need to travel to many services | Access | ||
• Parents of adolescents often uneducated • Adolescent motherhood is a generational issue • There are low expectations for adolescents in this region • Many don’t finish school | Socio-Economic Status | ||
• Alcohol and drugs are often involved • Alcohol and drugs lead to poor choices | Drugs/Alcohol | Risk Taking Behaviours | |
• The boys just don’t care • It can be seen as ‘cool’ to be a young parent | Ambivalence | ||
• Its normal for indigenous community • There are cultural issues involved • Our indigenous boys’ health checks are not focused on sexuality | Cultural | Indigenous |