................................................................................................................................ 4 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 5 Health: the definition, the rights, and the societal commitment ............................................ 5 Adolescents and health ........................................................................................................... 7 The Adolescent Health Service at Angered Hospital ............................................................ 10 The aim of the study ............................................................................................................. 12 METHOD ................................................................................................................................. 13 Study design .......................................................................................................................... 13 Recruitment and data collection .......................................................................................... 14 Data analysis ........................................................................................................................ 15 Ethical considerations .......................................................................................................... 17 RESULTS .................................................................................................................................. 18 Young peoples’ conceptions in relation to adolescent health services ................................. 20 Young peoples’ ideas about adolescent health services ................................................... 20 Parents’ ideas about adolescent health services according to young people ................... 21 Ideas about girls and boys ............................................................................................... 23 Young peoples’ needs with regard to adolescent health services ......................................... 25 Why young people visit adolescent health services .......................................................... 25 Why young people avoid visiting adolescent health services ........................................... 26 Religious considerations .................................................................................................. 27 Information needs ............................................................................................................. 28 Specific conditions in north-eastern Gothenburg ............................................................ 29 Young peoples’ experiences of the Adolescent Health Service at Angered Hospital ............ 30 Positive experiences ......................................................................................................... 30 Negative experiences ........................................................................................................ 32 Factors that could facilitate the access to and visit at the Adolescent Health Service at Angered Hospital .................................................................................................................. 33 Information about and familiarisation with the Adolescent Health Service .................... 33 Elimination of the close association with sex ................................................................... 36 Facilitated practicalities .................................................................................................. 37 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................... 39 Main findings ........................................................................................................................ 39