Nudging towards micro-savings: A step-wedge experiment on LPG adoption in rural Tanzania

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelise Wiehl
Keyword(s):  
Rural Tanzania

scholarly journals Barriers to uptake of reproductive information and contraceptives in rural Tanzania: an intersectionality informed qualitative enquiry

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e036600
Author(s):  
Allison Carroll ◽  
Anuj Kapilashrami
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Public Health Facility ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Reproductive Choices ◽  
Rural Tanzania ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Social Controls

ObjectivesAccess to reproductive information and contraception (RIC) continues to be a critical unmet need in Tanzania and impedes the realisation of reproductive health rights. This study examined key sources of RIC and the factors influencing their uptake by women in Mbeya region of Tanzania.SettingThis qualitative study was undertaken in a rural ward in a district in the south of the Mbeya regionParticipantsIn-depth interviews were undertaken with 48 women users and 2 nurses working in a public health facility, and focus group discussions with 16 home-based care workers in the district. Participants were recruited through a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the region, and via snowball sampling. All interactions were recorded, translated and transcribed and sought to identify the available resources and barriers in using them.ResultsParticipants reported six main sources of reproductive information and contraceptives: public health facilities, NGO mobile clinics, other women, Mganga wa Asili (witchdoctors/traditional doctors) and Duka la Dawa (pharmacy). Women users and healthcare workers identified a range of individual (age, marital status and geography) and health system-wide factors shaping women’s reproductive choices and preventing uptake of contraceptives. The study also revealed structural factors such as gender, ethnicity, indigeneity as key determinants of access and health seeking, placing women from Sukuma and Maasai communities is the most disadvantageous position. Historical social disadvantage, patriarchal social controls and the pressure to preserve sociocultural traditions that women experience in the Maasai and Sukuma tribes underpin their disconnect from mainstream services.ConclusionWomen’s reproductive choices and their uptake of contraceptives are shaped by the interaction of a range of individual, household, institutional and structural factors. An intersectional lens enables examination of the ways in which these factors interact and mutually constitute disadvantage and privilege.

HIV‐associated neurocognitive impairment in stable people living with HIV on ART in rural Tanzania

HIV Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Sanmartí ◽  
AC Meyer ◽  
A Jaen ◽  
K Robertson ◽  
N Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neurocognitive Impairment ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Rural Tanzania ◽  
Living With Hiv

scholarly journals Health status and quality of life among older adults in rural Tanzania

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2142 ◽  
Author(s):  
MathewA. Mwanyangala ◽  
Charles Mayombana ◽  
Honorathy Urassa ◽  
Jensen Charles ◽  
Chrizostom Mahutanga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Rural Tanzania

scholarly journals Dietary Patterns and Nutritional Health of Women: The Nutrition Transition in Rural Tanzania

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gudrun B. Keding ◽  
John M. Msuya ◽  
Brigitte L. Maass ◽  
Michael B. Krawinkel
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Rural Tanzania ◽  
Nutritional Health
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