Table 3 Emergent themes and sub-themes across the thematic coding framework
Emergent themes | Emergent sub-themes |
|---|---|
1. Changes in the beliefs and attitudes of parents | • Parents making out time to discuss SRH issues with adolescents • Parents are more willing to discuss sensitive SRH Issues • Parents are more approachable to adolescents |
2. Changes in the beliefs and attitudes of adolescents | • Adolescents now initiate SRH discussions with parents • Adolescents, now, openly discuss SRH issues with their peers |
3. Changes in the attitudes and beliefs of community leaders | • Community leaders, now, believe it is right to discuss SRH with adolescents • Community leaders no longer misconceive adolescent SRH issues • Change in community leaders’ attitude to teenage pregnancy |
4. Changes in community norms and values | • Adolescent girls are no longer publicly-shamed for engaging in pre-marital sex • Menstruation in unmarried adolescents no longer viewed as a sign of promiscuity • Community members no longer view SRH discussion with adolescents as ‘morally’ wrong • Euphemisms are no longer used to describe body parts • Both mothers and fathers are taking up the role of communicating SRH matters with their adolescent boys and girls |