Screening of women for intimate partner violence: a pilot intervention at an outpatient department in Tanzania.

Unlabelled: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem in Tanzania with limited health care interventions.

Objectives: To study the feasibility of using an abuse screening tool for women attending an outpatient department, and describe how health care workers perceived its benefits and challenges.

Methods: Prior to screening, 39 health care workers attended training on gender-based violence and the suggested screening procedures.

Community perceptions of intimate partner violence--a qualitative study from urban Tanzania.

Background: Intimate partner violence against women is a prevailing public health problem in Tanzania, where four of ten women have a lifetime exposure to physical or sexual violence by their male partners. To be able to suggest relevant and feasible community and health care based interventions, we explored community members' understanding and their responses to intimate partner violence.

Methods: A qualitative study using focus group discussions with 75 men and women was conducted in a community setting of urban Tanzania.

"Being faithful" in a sexual relationship: perceptions of Tanzanian adolescents in the context of HIV and pregnancy prevention.

Little is known about what adolescents think about faithfulness and partner reduction for HIV prevention (the "B" in the ABC HIV prevention behavior change strategy), including how they understand its implementation within relationships. In addition, because adolescents face the twin threats of HIV and unintended pregnancy, it is important to understand how adolescents may integrate their thinking on pregnancy prevention if they are using faithfulness or partner reduction as their HIV prevention strategy. This study gathered evidence by conducting 20 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 158 adolescents, aged 14-20.

Joy, struggle and support: postpartum experiences of first-time mothers in a Tanzanian suburb.

Objectives: To explore and describe postpartum experiences of first-time mothers in a Tanzanian, multiethnic, low-income suburb.

Methods: Individual qualitative interviews with 10 first-time mothers, 4-10 weeks postpartum in Ilala suburb, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Results: The first-time mothers enjoyed motherhood and the respectful status it implied.

Postpartum experiences of first-time fathers in a Tanzanian suburb: a qualitative interview study.

Objectives: to explore postpartum experiences of first-time fathers in a multicultural, low-income, suburban Tanzanian setting.

Design, Setting And Participants: individual qualitative interviews with ten first-time fathers, four to ten weeks post partum in Ilala suburb, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Findings: these first-time fathers enjoyed fatherhood and revealed a sincere concern for the well-being of the mother and infant during the postpartum period.