ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2022
Tailoring a sexual health curriculum to the sexual health challenges seen by midwifery, nursing and medical providers and students in Tanzania.
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Training for Health Professionals in Tanzania
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- Effects of an Afrocentric Sexual Health Education Curriculum for Medical, Nursing, and Midwifery Students in Tanzania: A Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Trial
- Exposure to pornographic material and perpetration of intimate partner violence among young men in Mwanza Tanzania.Journal of public health (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Needs assessment of training midwifery, nursing, and medical students in sexual and reproductive health care for people with disabilities in Tanzania.Disability and health journal · 2026Article
- Addressing sexual health concerns in Tanzania: perceived barriers among healthcare professionals and students in the "training for health professionals" study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2024Article
- Healthcare professional students' skills in sexual health communication and history taking: inter-rater reliability of standardized patients and faculty ratings in dar es Salaam, tanzania- a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- The need for and acceptability of a curriculum to train nursing and medical students in the sexual healthcare of clients with female genital mutilation/cutting in Tanzania.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Slow and Steady But Not Related to HIV Stigma: Physical Activity in South Africans Living with HIV and Chronic Pain.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Not Lost in Translation: The Use of Standardized Patients Technology among Health Professional Students in Tanzania.East African journal of health and science · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTanzania is a country experiencing multiple sexual health challenges, but providers receive no formal training in sexual health.
aimThis study aimed to assess (1) what sexual health challenges are commonly seen in clinics in Tanzania, (2) which are raised by patients, (3) which are not addressed and (4) which topics to prioritise for a sexual health curriculum.
settingHealthcare settings in Tanzania.
methodsParticipants were 60 experienced and 61 student doctors, nurses and midwives working in Dar es Salaam. The authors conducted 18 focus groups stratified by profession (midwifery, nursing or medicine) and experience (practitioners vs. students).
resultsProviders identified six common sexual health concerns: (1) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and sexually transmissible infection (STI) (especially syphilis and gonorrhoea), (2) sexual violence (including intimate partner violence and female genital mutilation), (3) early and unwanted pregnancy (including early sexual debut and complications from abortion), (4) sexual dysfunctions, (5) key population concerns (e.g. lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT); sex work) and (6) non-procreative sexual behaviour (including pornography and masturbation in males and oral and anal sex practices in heterosexual couples). Across professions, few differences were observed. Homosexuality, sex work, masturbation and pornography were identified as taboo topics rarely discussed. Most participants (81%) wanted one comprehensive sexual health curriculum delivered across disciplines.
conclusionA sexual health curriculum for health students in Tanzania needs to address the most common sexual health concerns of patients. In addition to teaching sexual science and clinical care, skills training in how to address taboo topics is recommended. Students endorsed almost all sexual health topics, which suggests that a comprehensive curriculum is appropriate.
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