Research Catalog

Title

Social change and health in Tanzania / edited by Kris H. Heggenhougen and Joe L.P. Lugalla.

Publication

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Dar es Salaam University Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Heggenhougen, Kris.
• Lugalla, Joe.

Description

xxviii, 339 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Developing Countries
• Developing Countries
• Public Health
• Public Health > Tanzania
• Public health > Social aspects > Tanzania
• Social Change
• Social Change > Tanzania
• Social medicine > Tanzania
• Tanzania

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-339).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Ch. 1. Youth and development in Tanzania : challenges from a health perspective / Melkizedeck T. Leshabari and Sylvia F. Kaaya -- Ch. 2. Youth mobility and unprotected sex as key factors in the spread of the AIDS virus in Tanzania / Melkizedeck T. Leshabari, Sylvia F. Kaaya, Japhet Z. Killewo and Jessie K. Mbwambo -- Ch. 3. Contextual aspects in relation to reproductive health information among school youth in Rombo District, Tanzania / Sylvia F. Kaaya, Melkizedeck T. Leshabari, G. I. Van den Bergh and K. Klepp -- Ch. 4. Street children and street life in urban Tanzania : the culture of surviving and its implications for children's health / Joe L. P. Lugalla and Jessie K. Mbwambo -- Ch. 5. The impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children : a case study of the Morogoro Region, Tanzania / Sylvia F. Kaaya, Jessie K. Mbwambo and Sebalda Leshabari -- Ch. 6. HIV/AIDS in Tanzania : the status of the epidemic and the national responses / Saidi H. Kapiga -- Ch. 7. Decline in prevalence and incidence of HIV infection in Kagera : analysis of socio-demographic and behavioural factors / Gideon Kwesigabo, Willy Urassa, Japhet Z. J. Killewo, Joe L. P. Lugalla, Maria Emmelin, Aldin Mutembei, Lars Dahlgren and Anita Sandstrom -- Ch. 8. Depressive illness and primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa : with special reference to Tanzania / Sylvia F. Kaaya and Melkizedeck T. Leshabari -- Ch. 9. The challenges of psychiatry amidst economic deprivation and social change in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania / Noah K. Ndosi -- Ch. 10. Development of mental health services in Tanzania : a reappraisal for the future / Gad P. Kilonzo and N. Simmons -- Ch. 11. The nature of parasuicide in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Noah K. Ndosi and M. C. Waziri -- Ch. 12. The impact of structural adjustment policies on women's and children's health in Tanzania / Joe L. P. Lugalla -- Ch. 13. Women, poverty and AIDS in Africa : the fate of young women working as maids in Tanzania / Peter A. Kopoka.
• Ch. 14. "A return to Arusha :" structural adjustment, indeed! : violence, globalization, health and human rights / Kris H. Heggenhougen -- Conclusion : how should Tanzania improve people's health? / Kris Heggenhougen and Joe L. P. Lugalla.

ISBN

9976604068

LCCN

^^2005328932

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library