ABSTRACT This study examines the factors influencing enrolment into community health fund: A case of Songea Municipality (Tanzania)”.The objective of the study was to explore the factors influencing enrolment into the CHF, which was guided by three specific objectives. The objectives were: Exploring the community knowledge on CHF implementation; examining socio-cultural practices influences on enrolment into CHF; and finding out how the national health policy of 2007 influences enrolment in...
ABSTRACT Prisons in many countries of the world are overcrowded and congested, have decaying infrastructure, lack hygiene and adequate health facilities, and, as such, prisoner’s health and life are in danger. An attempt to analyze the rights of inmates in Kaura Namoda Satalite prison is the major objective. Moreover, survey research was used for the purpose of the study which adopts both quantitative and qualitative methods of research. It samples the entire population in the prison (80 re...
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to examine effectiveness of Save Our Souls (SOS) Children‟s Village in promoting welfare of the children, a case study of Ungujai- Zanzibar. The specific objectives used to guide this study were namely; to find out the roles of the village in promoting welfare of the children, to identify challenges facing the village in promoting welfare of the children and suggest measures that will help alleviation of the challenges. In conducting this study, t...
ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of social transfer programmes in facilitating access and utilization of health care services and its implications in attaining universal health coverage in Dodoma Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional survey of 402 household beneficiaries of social transfer programmes was carried out using interviewer administered questionnaire. In addition, 18 focus group discussions were carried out with community members and 12 in-depth interviews were held with prog...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on ―The Community Perception on Child Physical Abuse in Tanzania: A Case of Ilala Municipality” as a social problem affecting some of children under the study area. It was guided by the following specific objectives; to identify community‘s perception on children physical abuse, to determine the effects of children physical abuse on growth and to explore the roles of civil society organizations and the government on eradicating child physical abuse. Sample si...
ABSTRACT The poor state of some rural community is becoming an unpleasant sight in this present age where development has suddenly become the order of the day even in the government of the nation. Several scholars therefore have ascribed this unpleasantness to Local Governments. Thus, this research examined the role of local government council in the development of rural communities. Literature in this respect on rural development efforts by Local Government Council was reviewed. Similarly, ...
ABSTRACT This study assesses an influence of cultural beliefs on the use of postnatal care (PNC). Despite its importance and service coverage, the use of maternal PNC has remained low in Tanzania. The study examines women’s awareness on the use of PNC within 42 days post-delivery; determines the percentage of women who uses PNC within 42 days post-delivery and identifies cultural beliefs and how they influence use of PNC in Dodoma Urban District (DUD). A descriptive cross section study was ...
ABSTRACT Due to changing of demographic, economic, political and environmental the livelihood strategies developed by aged people deserve particular attention. Lack of government support and decreasing extension family has meant that older people are increasingly expected to find their own means of support into old age to develop their own strategies and rely on their own resources. A sample size of 65 (sixty five) respondents among the population of elderly persons in fishing community was ...
The rhetoric and theory of decentralisation promise better governance and deeper democracy as public officials are held more directly accountable for their actions and as citizens become more engaged in local affairs. Practice over more than two decades, however, suggests that new experiments with decentralisation can result in unfulfilled expectations and the emergence of unanticipated problems
ABSTRACT The study has examined, “The Role of Youth Friendly Health Services in Intervention of HIV/AIDS at Kibaigwa Township in Kongwa District”. It is recognized globally that, youth friendly health service is an important component of care including preventive health for young people. With the upsurge of sexual activities among youth and the emergence of HIV/AIDS pandemic, yet young people have remained most vulnerable group to STIs as well as HIV/AIDS infection. A sample of 97 respon...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at exploring the contribution of socio-cultural practices to the outbreak of Cholera. The study involved three villages of Kaseni, Galu, and Kamasi in Ilangala ward within Ukerewe District. Data were collected through social survey, in-depth interview, focus group discussion and documentary review. Both purposeful and simple random sampling procedures were used for sample selection. About 119 respondents were involved in this study. Statistical Package for Social Sc...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Shinyanga region where by Shinyanga Municipality is selected as the study area. The study focuses on the impact of advanced information and communication technology (ICT) on marital instability. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact that advanced of ICT imposes on marital instability in urban areas. Specifically, this study intends to determine the level and use of ICT knowledge among couples and the extent to which the ICT influence mar...
ABSTRACT This study explores the community perceptions on the use of traditional medicine: A case of Dodoma City Council (Tanzania). It was guided by three specific objectives: to explore community knowledge concerning the traditional medicine use; to assess factors influencing the use of traditional medicine among community members and to examine the magnitude of usage in relation to ailments which frequently the users have mentioned. The study applied both qualitative and quantitative metho...
ABSTRACT This study exposes how one stop centres contribute to the reduction of children sexual abuse and violence in Urban District, Zanzibar. A simple size of 70 respondents from Urban district of Zanzibar were employed during data collection process. To make the data clear, Microsoft Excel used during construction of charts and figures. The study used both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Both open and closed ended questionnaires, interview discussion and documentary analy...
ABSTRACT According to American College of obstetricians and Gynecologists, Teen age pregnancy is pregnancy in human females under the age of 20 at the time that the pregnancy ends. A pregnancy can take place after the start of the puberty before first menstrual period, but usually occurs after the onset of periods. Teenage pregnancy is a natural human occurrence that is a poor fit with modern society. In many ways it has become a proxy in what could be called the cultural wars. Teenage pregna...