Gender inequality in home based care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Monduli district, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | Elias, Theresia Ntogwa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-22T05:20:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-22T05:20:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Gender inequalities arc universal and in most cases women have been the victim. This study was conducted to assess gender inequality in home based care (HBC) for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Monduli district. Specifically the study examined differences in quality and in opinions on sufficiency of care and support services received by male and female PLWHA in the households. It also determined the attitude of care givers on suitability of various HBC components to male and female PLWHA and relationship between quality of care and socio-economic and demographic variables. Data were collected using face-to-face interviews from 76 PLWHA and 59 care givers from AAIDRO-CBHC programme. Analysis of data involved computer program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 12.0 where descriptive and inferential methods were used. Index scores were used to assess quality of care, opinions of PLWHA and altitude of care givers on HBC components. Results showed no significant difference (at P<0.05) in quality of care received by male and female PLWHA in the study area and 51.3% of surveyed PLWHA were getting high quality of care. About 75% of care givers in the homes were women. Majority of PLWHA had the opinion that the care they were getting was only moderately sufficient. However, the care givers’ attitude towards provision of care and support to their patients was not gender biased though they and the surveyed PLWHA still perceive male individuals as the appropriate for inheritance and control of family income. None of the socio-economic and demographic variables tested had any influence (at P<0.05) on the quality scores by PLWHA. It is recommended that user friendly technologies that save time and labour be developed so as to at least relieve women of the care giving burden. Also more CHBC providers should be trained to enable them to train more care givers in the homes. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children (MCDGC) and the Principal, Community Development Training Institute (CDTI) -Tengeru | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5762 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gender inequality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Monduli district | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV/AIDS-home based care | en_US |
| dc.title | Gender inequality in home based care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Monduli district, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |