Maternal health information needs and seeking behaviour of women in rural Tanzania: a case of Mpwapwa district, Dodoma region
| dc.contributor.author | Kassim, Mohamed | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-13T12:14:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-13T12:14:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | Available in printed form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS EAF RG966.A2T34K377) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explored the maternal health information needs and seeking behaviour of women in rural Tanzania. The main focus of the study was to identify the women’s maternal health information needs, the sources of information they use to meet their maternal health information needs, factors that influence their choices of different sources of information and the barriers the women face when seeking maternal health information from different sources. The study was conducted in Mpwapwa District, Dodoma Region. Data was collected from 429 respondents, among them 396 were women of reproductive age, 13 were men and 20 were healthcare workers. Data was collected using questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews, and documentary reviews. Findings revealed that despite their different socio-demographic characteristics, a majority of the women had similar needs for a variety of maternal health information. However, while almost all the women indicated that they would like to seek maternal health information from professional healthcare workers, they received most of this information from non-professional and informal sources namely community healthcare workers, traditional birth attendants, their mothers, other female relatives and their male partners. The use of these sources of information was attributed to, among other factors, limited access to professional healthcare in most of the studied villages. The study recommends that the government should establish more primary healthcare facilities to improve access to professional healthcare services in rural Tanzania. This will enable women to seek information from professional healthcare workers and thus make optimal use of the information and available maternal healthcare services. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kassim, M (2018) Maternal health information needs and seeking behaviour of women in rural Tanzania: a case of Mpwapwa district, Dodoma region.Doctoral dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10967 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Dar es Salaam | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maternal health services | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maternal health care | en_US |
| dc.subject | Information behaviuor | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women in rural | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mpwapwa district | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.title | Maternal health information needs and seeking behaviour of women in rural Tanzania: a case of Mpwapwa district, Dodoma region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |