Anne H Outwater

Datos Biográficos

ID7746075
NOMBREAnne H Outwater
NOMBRESAnne H
APELLIDOOutwater
FIRMAOUTWATER A H
AFILIACIONESMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
ORCID0000-0003-2777-6530
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR9
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2000
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Assessing knowledge of emergency preparedness and its association with social demographic characteristics among people located in flood-prone areas of Chibavi and Chiputula in Mzuzu City, northern Mal…

    Open AccessChimwemwe Munthali, Anne H Outwater et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2024

  • Snakebite Treatment in Tanzania

    Open AccessFelicia Margono, Anne H Outwater et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Snakebite envenoming causes more than 140,000 deaths annually and at least triple this number of disabilities. The World Health Organization classified snakebite as a Neglected Tropical Disease in 2017 and developed a strategy to halve death and disability from snakebite by 2030. To achieve this goal, snakebite victims need to receive safe and effective treatment. This descriptive, cross-sectional study surveyed student health professionals (N = …

  • A controlled pilot intervention on community violence prevention, financial and social capital generation in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessLouis Jansen, Anne H Outwater et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    retrospectively registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier: NCT04602416; October 26, 2020)

  • Implementing a layperson post-crash first aid training programme in Tanzania

    Open AccessMenti Lastone Ndile, Britt-Inger Saveman et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study highlights potential facilitators and barriers to implementing a PFA training programme for lay persons from the perspectives of leaders from police department and associations of city bus drivers, taxi drivers, and motorcycle taxis. This may be useful information for other stakeholders, and may enable government-level leaders and persons higher up in the health service hierarchy to take action to meet WHO recommendations for emergency…

  • Meanings of Care by Bereaved Relatives of Homicide Victims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Open AccessAnne H Outwater, Edith A M Tarimo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2012

    Purpose: The purpose was to describe the meanings of care, kutunza, for the deceased and the relatives of homicide victims. The secondary aim was to identify ways in which nurses could best console the families. Method: An ethnonursing method was employed. Relatives of homicide victims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were interviewed at a mortuary, using an interview guide constructed with Leininger’s enablers as major elements. Content analysis was …

  • Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With Aids

    Open AccessEdith A M Tarimo, Edith Tarimo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2009

    As HIV/AIDS imposes an overwhelming pressure on the capacity of an already overburdened health care system in many African countries, families have increasingly been noted to supplement hospital care services for patients with AIDS. The aim of the present study is to generate knowledge on the experiences of family caregivers to the patients with AIDS at the household level in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data were collected through in-depth interview…

  • Women in South Africa

    Open AccessAnne Outwater, Anne H Outwater et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2005

    South Africa is experiencing the turbulent aftermath of apartheid and the ravages of HIV/AIDS. Levels of violence are extremely high. In South Africa, violence has become normative and, to a large extent, accepted rather than challenged. Unusual for sub-Saharan Africa, there is a strong national research institute and rigorous data-based scientific literature describing the situation. Much of the research has focused on violence against women. Th…

  • Health care seeking behaviour for sexually transmitted diseases among commercial sex workers in Morogoro, Tanzania

    Anne Outwater, Anne H Outwater et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2001

    A qualitative study was conducted in a community of 100 female, self-employed commercial sex workers (CSWs), in Morogoro township, Tanzania. Data was gathered through key informant interviews and open-ended questionnaires. Respondents had extensive experiential knowledge of STDs and HIV/AIDS. They pursued several different avenues in attempting to prevent STDs including eating nutritiously to enhance immunologic status, using condoms, and vaginal…

  • Preventing HIV infection through peer education and condom promotion among truck drivers and their sexual partners in Tanzania, 1990-1993

    U Laukamm-Josten, B K Mwizarubi et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2000

    HIV prevention through peer education and condom promotion among truck drivers and their sexual partners is described. Trends during an initial 18-month intensive phase, followed by a 24-month maintenance phase, were monitored with surveys. Trends for self-reported condom use were: increase among men (56 to 74%) during the first phase with a decrease (72%) during the maintenance phase. Respective figures for women were 51%, 91% and 70%. Multivari…