Parent-adolescent sexual and reproductive health information communication in Ghana

Table 7 Joint Display of SRH Information Communication

Domain	Quantitative results	Statistical measures	Qualitative findings (Parents and Adolescents)	Illustrative quotes	Meta-inferences
SRH Information Communication	Parents and adolescents were able to communicate with openness and comfort and could communicate frequently, unlike before the delivery of the various interventions ([p value < 0.001 [6]; [bSE = .98(.39), p = .02 [12]) [F(1, 827) = 16.74; (p ≤ 0.01) with small effect size (d = 0.3) [1]]; (p < 0.4, [10])	Likert scale Questionnaire	SRH Information communication	"We were lying down on the bed, comfortably lying down on the bed. It was like a conversation." (P10, F, 50 years) “We talk about it once a while” (A9, F, 13 years) "To be honest it isn’t frequent, I have done it twice." (P7, M, 40 years) “I felt uneasy, I felt anxious…this is because I have not been talked to about such matters before” (A6, M, 16 years)	The qualitative findings explain the quantitative findings from the systematic review that before the intervention delivery parents were not open to their adolescents, could not communicate comfortably and frequently and adolescents were the same

This Table 7 Data gathered from the qualitative studies explain that of the systematic review. Some parents and adolescents had communicated on some SRH topics but infrequently and with various sentiments. After intervention delivery in the various studies identified in the systematic review, there was improved communication, even though not sustained in all the interventions. This is promising and shows that when the contextual factors are taken into consideration, an adapted intervention from the ones identified may be able to train parents and adolescents to communicate effectively regarding SRH information

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