Table 2.

Health Concerns Mentioned in Response to the Query, What are the Main Concerns That You/Teenaged Boys Have About Your/Their Health?

Health Concern	Sons (n = 20)	Mothers (n = 22)
Pregnancy/pregnancy prevention	10 (50)	4 (18)
Sexually transmitted infections	8 (40)	15 (68)
HIV/AIDS	6 (30)	0
Violence	0	11 (50)
“The streets”	0	9 (41)
Emotional/mental health issues	0	9 (41)
Peer pressure	0	9 (41)
Chronic diseases*	0	6 (27)
Substance use/abuse	0	4 (18)
Genital health	3 (15)	0
Other	5 (25)†	8 (36)‡

Values provided as n (%).

^*Asthma (3); autism (1); epilepsy (1); heart murmur (1).

^†Hygiene (2); obesity (2); chronic disease (1).

^‡“Fast” girls (2); multiple sexual partners (1); domestic abuse (1); sexual abuse (1); homosexuality (1); meningitis (1); obesity (1).