Essays about: "HIV IN TANZANIA"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the words HIV IN TANZANIA.

  1. 21. HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behavior among adolescents in Babati Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Maria-Victoria Rydholm; [2009]
    Keywords : HIV AIDS awareness; sexual behavior; Babati Tanzania; the ABC-program; Fema;

    Abstract : It is important to investigate how HIV/AIDS  awareness affects adolescent sexual behavior and how the HIV/AIDS information from the schools and the ABC-program (abstinence, be faithful, condoms) affects the students HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behavior. The methods used in this study consist of qualitative semi-structured interviews, a quantitative questionnaire and statistical analysis (mainly preformed in R). READ MORE

  3. 22. Fatique or Failure : An Investigation Into Youth-Centric Sexual and Reproductive Health Program

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Haukur Thor Thorvardarson; [2007]
    Keywords : Sex; Reproduction; Health; Tanzania; YMEP;

    Abstract : Today there is increasing pressure on NGOs in Tanzania who are working with sexual and reproductive health programs (SRHP) from foreign donors because the HIV/AIDS epidemic has taken on emergency proportions. The risk of increasing interference into the policy shaping of domestic SRHP is that the programs lose their local relevance as they get too involved in pleasing foreign donor agendas in order to ensure donor funding. READ MORE

  4. 23. Combating HIV/AIDS: Preventative Work by Iringa Secondary Teachers

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Kristina Setthammar; [2006]
    Keywords : Tanzania; education; secondary school; life skills; HIV AIDS;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative thesis is to understand how and what teachers in Iringa Municipality, Tanzania, educate their students concerning HIV/AIDS in secondary school. Via the semi-structured interviews, observations as participant and my experiences, the study analyses why the education is carried out in a particular way and its weaknesses. READ MORE

  5. 24. Prevention of HIV. A field study of Tanzanian nurses´ culturally-adopted prevention work against HIV

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Gerda Turesson; [2006]
    Keywords : culture; ethnonursing; HIV; Leininger; nurse; prevention; qualitative; Tanzania;

    Abstract : HIV är ett av de största hälsoproblem som världen som står inför idag. Tanzania är ett land som drabbats hårt av HIV-epidemin. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka sjuksköterskans preventiva HIV-arbete i Kageraregionen i Tanzania. READ MORE

  6. 25. Female Empowerment and HIV : Fighting Gender Roles and a Deadly Disease

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Jenny Josefsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Female empowerment; HIV-prevention; AIDS; Tanzania;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate the role of female empowerment and NGOs in HIV-prevention. A case study from Babati, northern Tanzania, is presented as part of my investigation and will affiliate theory with reality. Further the study is based on feminist and postcolonial theory as well as gender perspectives on HIV and AIDS. READ MORE