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Table 5 Focus on fatherhood

From: Male adolescents’ role in pregnancy prevention and unintended pregnancy in rural Victoria: health care Professional’s and educators’ perspectives

 

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Categories

Theme

• Young men want to be fathers too

• We need to support our young dads

• We need to teach them how to be dads

Support them as fathers

Fatherhood

Focus on Fatherhood

• Young mums can be at risk of domestic violence

• Many young couples have complex legal issues

• We need to protect the young mothers

Violence

Partners needs

• Adolescent males do not commit to parenting

• Successful teen couples are a minority

Young males don’t commit