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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Dusty discos and dangerous desires: Community perceptions of adolescent sexual and reproductive health risks and vulnerability and the potential role of parents in rural Mwanza, Tanzania
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Volume 12, No. 3, Year 2010
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Description
This paper presents villagers' assessments of young people's sexual and reproductive health vulnerability and of community-based interventions that may reduce both vulnerability and risk in rural Mwanza, Tanzania. The primary methods used were 28 group discussions and 18 in-depth interviews with representatives of various social groups in four villages. The majority of participants attributed young people's sexual and reproductive health risks to a combination of modernisation (and its impact on family and community life), socioeconomic conditions, social norms in rural/lakeshore communities and the difficulties parents and other adults face in raising adolescents in contemporary Tanzania. Community life has limited opportunities for positive development but contains many risky situations. Young and old agreed that parents have a strong influence on young people's health but are failing in their parental responsibility. Parents acknowledged the multiple influences on sexual risk behaviour. They expressed a need for knowledge and skills related to parenting so that they can address these influences both through family- and community-based strategies. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Remes, Pieter
United Kingdom, London
Medical Research Council
Renju, Jenny R.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Nyalali, Kija
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Medard, Lemmy
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Kimaryo, Micheal
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
African Medical and Research Foundation
Changalucha, John M.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Obasi, A. I.N.
United Kingdom, Liverpool
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Wight, Danny
United Kingdom, London
Medical Research Council
Statistics
Citations: 8
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/13691050903395145
ISSN:
13691058
e-ISSN:
14645351
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
Tanzania