Table 3 Participant responses to the questions “What skills or knowledge would you like to develop more?” and “What do you still feel confused or uncomfortable about?”
Topic | Question | Identification |
|---|---|---|
HIV disclosure | “Is it ok to tell your girlfriend that you are HIV positive?” | Male, 15 |
“Are we able to tell our partner after being together for a long time? Are we forced to disclose?” | Female, 18 | |
HIV transmission | “As people taking medication, are we able to be sexually active?” | Female, 18 |
“If you take your medication daily, can the virus be transmitted?” | Male, 16 | |
“If a condom bursts, can the girl get the virus?” | Female, 19 | |
Sexual abuse | “I want to learn more about sexual abuse” | Male, 16 |
Age gap relationships | “How can a young girl be in a relationship with someone old enough to be their father?” | Male, 15 |
Reproductive choices | “With abortion, are there any major after-effects that you go through?” | Female, 17 |
“How long does contraception take to work?” | Female, 17 | |
Relationships and communication | “We must learn how to treat each other as people” | Female, 18 |
“You must teach us the way we should behave as teenagers” | Male, 17 | |
“We need to know about relationships, so that when we reach the right age, we can understand what life is really like” | Female, 17 | |
“Youth must learn ways to build self-confidence, see their own worth, have dignity and self-respect, be straightforward about what we want, and not be influenced by peer pressure” | Female, 16 |