Browsing by Author "Mohamed, Mohamed A."

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    Assessment of the civil society strategies in protecting the children’s rights: a case of urban district, Zanzibar
    (The University of Dodoma, 2012) Mohamed, Mohamed A.
    The study aspired to assess the civil society organizations in protecting the children' s rights, a case study of Urban District, Zanzibar. The study was conducted in Urban District of Zanzibar. A total number of 80 respondents formed the study sample taken from the Urban District which includes four categories namely: Civil Society Officials, Parents, Children, Children's Council Board and law professionals whereby children, parents, and CSOs Officials were randomly selected while Children's Council Member and law professionals were systematically selected. The methods of data collection included structured interview, questionnaire and documentary review. The instruments used in data collection were questionnaire, interview schedule and interview guide, while the data was analyzed through editing, coding, classification and tabulation using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 16). In general, the study uncovered the causes and effects of children's rights violation .It also disclosed that there were several strategies used by CSOs in protecting children's rights in the study area; these are education, persuasion, advocacy, litigation, and collaboration where by confrontation though is among the strategies was not mentioned. The issues of strategic effectiveness, achievements and challenges facing CSOs were also revealed. The study recommended that there is a need to the establishment of CSOs networking, financial independence, books and leaflets to be written in plain and soft Kiswahili language, building of strong support for child-focused organizations, educate parents and other adults about the problem and impact of violence against children and promising prevention and response strategies for violence against children in communities.
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    Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in Chamwino district, central Tanzania: a cross sectional study
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2015) Bintabara, Deogratius; Mohamed, Mohamed A.; Mghamba, Janneth; Wasswa, Peter; Mpembeni, Rose N. M.
    Unacceptably high maternal mortality rates remain a challenge in developing countries such as Tanzania. Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness is among the key interventions that can reduce maternal mortality. Despite this, its status in Tanzania is not well documented. We assessed the practice and determinants of Birth preparedness and complication readiness among recently delivered women in Chamwino district, Central Tanzania. A community based cross-sectional study was conducted to women who delivered two years prior to survey in January 2014 at Chamwino district, Tanzania. Woman was considered as prepared for birth and its complication if she reported at least three of these; know expected date of delivery, saved money, identified a skilled birth attendant/health facility, mode of transport and Identified two compatible blood donors. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed at P value < 0.05 level of significance. We interviewed 428 women whose median age (IQR) was 26.5 (22–33) years. About 249 (58.2 %) of the respondents were considered as prepared for birth and its complications. After controlling for confounding and clustering effect, significant determinants of birth preparedness and complication readiness were found to be maternal education (AOR = 2.26, 95 % CI; 1.39, 3.67), spouse employment (AOR = 2.18, 95 % CI; 1.46, 3.25), booking at ANC (AOR = 2.03, 95 % CI; 1.11, 3.72), Four or more antenatal visits, (AOR = 1.94, 95 % CI; 1.17, 3.21) and knowledge of key danger signs (AOR = 4.16, 95 % CI; 2.32, 7.45). Prepared for birth was found to be associated with institutional delivery (AOR = 2.45, 95 % CI; 1.12, 5.34). The proportion of women who prepared for birth and its complications were found to be low. District reproductive and child health coordinator should emphasis on early and frequent antenatal care visits, since they were among predictors of birth preparedness and complication readiness.