Adolescents’ Sexual Education: Parental Involvement in a Rural Area in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Parent-adolescent communication on sexuality is one of the key determinants sexual and reproductive health outcomes adolescents. Despite parent-adolescent sexuality, statistics show an increase in number teenage pregnancies. This interpretative phenomenological analysis explored perceptions parents a rural village Umzinyathi Health District KwaZulu-Natal regarding provision sex education to Ten adolescent children were purposively selected participate study, data collected using face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. Field notes also taken complement audio recordings. Data analysed thematically framework for analysis. The results showed that face challenges providing their teenagers. Sex provided adolescents uncoordinated haphazard. Parents have inadequate information they are fearful embarrassed initiate talks with An age-appropriate, structured, formal, culture-sensitive, community-based programme aimed at empowering knowledge skills provide contextual age-relevant recommended.