Table 2.

Emerging themes

Theme	Description
1.Role of transformation from child to adult	Some adolescents felt that their parents were too old to understand their way of life, whereas parents felts that discussing such issues implied meant the adolescents were now adults
2.Feeling of shame	Parents- adolescents felt embarrassed to discuss sex and reproductive health matters
3.Belief that discussing sexual and reproductive health matters encourages sexual experimentation	Difficulty in communicating with adolescents as it was understood as facilitating early sexual debut
4.Media as the source or trigger to risky access to knowledge	Adolescents prefer to learn about sexual matters from the media
5.Presence of younger siblings in the house	Need for a conducive environment to discuss sexual and reproductive health matters
6.Cultural roles and responsibility	Specific adult family members have the responsibility of communicating to adolescents about issues related to sexual and reproductive health matters
7.Religion	As an enabler/disabler of preventative measures