Determinants of men’s involvement in HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing in Ruangwa district council in Lindi region, Tanzania

Type Thesis or Dissertation - the Degree of Master of Science in Development Policy
Title Determinants of men’s involvement in HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing in Ruangwa district council in Lindi region, Tanzania
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
URL http://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/bitstream/handle/11192/954/MSc_DP_Hosea Mwashibanda_2015.pdf?sequence=1
Abstract
The main aim of the study was to assess the determinants of men involvement in
HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) in Ruangwa District council.
The specific objectives were: to document the status of men involvement in the
HIV/AIDS VCT, investigate efforts made by the Ruangwa District Council to
encourage men involvement in HIV/AIDS VCT, to find out influencing factors and
limiting factors and explore ways of promoting participation of men in the VCT.
The study used a cross-sectional research design and involved 78 respondents who
were sampled purposively and randomly. Data were collected using questionnaires,
interview, and documentary review and were analyzed by using Statistical Package
for Social Sciences (SPSS) and MS Excel.

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