Young people’s experiences of sexual and reproductive health interventions in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Table 1. Characteristics of the protection-risk framework

Conventional behaviour involvement: Description Protective factors
Models	Factors which include peer models who promote and encourage prosocial behaviour
Controls	Include individual-level or social- environment level factors promoting social values
Support	Refers to contextual support or other social environments that promote prosocial or health enhancing behaviour
Problem behaviour involvement: Risk Factors
Models	Include models who induce health-compromising behaviour
Opportunity	Refers to exposure to or access to situations that increase the likelihood of engaging in risk behaviours
Vulnerability	Refers to individual characteristics that increase the likelihood of engaging in risk behaviour

Source: Jessor et al. (2003). Adolescent problem behaviour in China and the United States: A cross‐national study of psychosocial protective factors. Journal of Research on adolescence, 13(3), 329–360.

Table 2. Description of study participants

	Interviews	Group discussions
Number of participants	n = 58 in year one n = 50 repeated with the same individuals in year two n = 37 repeated with the same individuals in year three	FGD = 11 FGDs with n = 61 participants Natural groups = 2 NGs with n = 18 participants Total of 13 GDs n = 79 participants Conducted in year one
Age range (years)	Female (10–24) Male (12–35)	Female (11–21) Male (11–27)
Gender	Female: n = 35 Male: n = 23	n = 31 n = 48

Diagram 1. Risk and Protective factors

Jessor, R., Turbin, M. S., Costa, F. M., Dong, Q., Zhang, H., & Wang, C. (2003). Adolescent problem behavior in China and the United States: A cross‐national study of psychosocial protective factors. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13(3), 329–360. https://doi.org/10.1111/1532-7795.1303004

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Data availability statement

The datasets generated for this study are available on request to the Africa Health research Institute through the corresponding author.