Meanings of care by bereaved relatives of homicide victims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: implications for nursing.

Purpose: The purpose was to describe the meanings of care, kutunza, for the deceased and the relatives of homicide victims. The secondary aim was to identify ways in which nurses could best console the families.

Method: An ethnonursing method was employed.

Homicide of children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Background: Although data are sparse, it has been estimated that the highest rates of homicide death amongst children are in Africa. Little information is available on ages 0-14 years. No known quantitative surveillance of early neonaticide (killed at less than one week) has been conducted previously in Africa.