Joe Lugalla
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 383265 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Joe Lugalla |
| PRENOMES | Joe |
| SOBRENOME | Lugalla |
| ASSINATURA | LUGALLA J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of New Hampshire |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1989 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Gender analysis of educational support programs for OVC in Uganda and Tanzania
Gender plays an important role in education as most traditional societies give preference to boys over girls when it comes to educational opportunity. Increasing access to education for girls is important to the health and well-being of the individual, their future children, families, and communities. The objective of this article is to understand the gender differences in educational outcomes for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) attending s…
Disclosure in times of ART
The reach of HIV counseling and testing has grown rapidly since the 2000s, particularly since 2007 when provider-initiated counseling and testing was implemented alongside voluntary counseling and testing and testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Nevertheless, we still know little about the attendant practices of disclosing HIV-positive status. Persistently high rates of non-disclosure raise difficult ethical, public health …
Social context of disclosing HIV test results in Tanzania
This study sought to understand how individuals reveal their HIV test results to others and the ways in which social relations affect the disclosure process. The data were collected through open-ended interviews administered in Swahili to informants who had just been tested for HIV and to those who were living with HIV in Dar es Salaam and Iringa regions. Analysis shows that social relations influence the decisions individuals make about disclosu…
Why planning does not work? Land use planning and residents' rights in Tanzania
Social, cultural and sexual behavioral determinants of observed decline in HIV infection trends
Aids, Orphans, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
HIV/AIDS is having devastating consequences on families, young children, and other vulnerable social groups. In this paper, I review the impact of HIV/AIDS on families and development in sub-Saharan Africa. I begin by showing the magnitude of the problem and the factors that have led to rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in this sub-continent. I discuss gender inequality, poverty, social inequality, and globalization, and show how these facilitate the rapi…
Communicating about Aids-Changes in Understanding and Coping with Help of Language in Urban Kagera, Tanzania1
Faced with the problems of HIV/AIDS, people have to find ways to communicate around them. The aim of this paper is to mirror changes over time in the Kagera people's social cognition regarding HIV/AIDS, using their own language as a tracer of this process. Focus group discussions and personal and group interviews conducted during 1992 to 1995 in urban Bukoba, Kagera, constitute the basis for an analysis of metaphorical expressions in use since 19…
Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania
This paper presents data from an in-depth study conducted among street children in an urban setting in Tanzania. It examines the reasons 'children of the street' leave their homes, how they survive and meet their daily needs, what problems they encounter whilst on the streets and how they surmount them. The paper also examines the implications of street life for children's health. The findings show that general poverty lies at the center of the i…
Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania
(1997). Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 424-451
Crisis, Urbanization, and Urban Poverty in Tanzania
Third World urbanization is accompanied with declining trends in economic growth and appalling conditions of urban poverty. Lugalla provides an in-depth analysis of the 'rocess of urbanization in Tanzania during the period of crisis and policies of adjustments, focusing mainly on their impact on the socio-economic conditions of life in the urban areas
The impact of structural adjustment policies on women's and children's health in Tanzania
Since 1981, in an attempt to deal withTanzania's present social and economic crisis which dates back to the late 1970s, the government has adopted a variety of policy measures including The National Economic Survival Plan (NESP), Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) I (1986) and II (1989); the Economic and Social Action Plan (ESAP) and Priority Social Action Plan (PSAP) (1989). The principal objective of these …
The State, Law and Urban Poverty in Tansania
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
The impact of structural adjustment policies on women's and children's health in Tanzania
Since 1981, in an attempt to deal withTanzania's present social and economic crisis which dates back to the late 1970s, the government has adopted a variety of policy measures including The National Economic Survival Plan (NESP), Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) I (1986) and II (1989); the Economic and Social Action Plan (ESAP) and Priority Social Action Plan (PSAP) (1989). The principal objective of these …
Social, cultural and sexual behavioral determinants of observed decline in HIV infection trends
Communicating about Aids-Changes in Understanding and Coping with Help of Language in Urban Kagera, Tanzania1
Faced with the problems of HIV/AIDS, people have to find ways to communicate around them. The aim of this paper is to mirror changes over time in the Kagera people's social cognition regarding HIV/AIDS, using their own language as a tracer of this process. Focus group discussions and personal and group interviews conducted during 1992 to 1995 in urban Bukoba, Kagera, constitute the basis for an analysis of metaphorical expressions in use since 19…
Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania
(1997). Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 424-451
Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania
This paper presents data from an in-depth study conducted among street children in an urban setting in Tanzania. It examines the reasons 'children of the street' leave their homes, how they survive and meet their daily needs, what problems they encounter whilst on the streets and how they surmount them. The paper also examines the implications of street life for children's health. The findings show that general poverty lies at the center of the i…
The State, Law and Urban Poverty in Tansania
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
The impact of structural adjustment policies on women's and children's health in Tanzania
Since 1981, in an attempt to deal withTanzania's present social and economic crisis which dates back to the late 1970s, the government has adopted a variety of policy measures including The National Economic Survival Plan (NESP), Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) I (1986) and II (1989); the Economic and Social Action Plan (ESAP) and Priority Social Action Plan (PSAP) (1989). The principal objective of these …
Crisis, Urbanization, and Urban Poverty in Tanzania
Third World urbanization is accompanied with declining trends in economic growth and appalling conditions of urban poverty. Lugalla provides an in-depth analysis of the 'rocess of urbanization in Tanzania during the period of crisis and policies of adjustments, focusing mainly on their impact on the socio-economic conditions of life in the urban areas
Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania
(1997). Development, Change, and Poverty in the Informal Sector during the Era of Structural Adjustments in Tanzania. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 424-451
Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania
This paper presents data from an in-depth study conducted among street children in an urban setting in Tanzania. It examines the reasons 'children of the street' leave their homes, how they survive and meet their daily needs, what problems they encounter whilst on the streets and how they surmount them. The paper also examines the implications of street life for children's health. The findings show that general poverty lies at the center of the i…
Communicating about Aids-Changes in Understanding and Coping with Help of Language in Urban Kagera, Tanzania1
Faced with the problems of HIV/AIDS, people have to find ways to communicate around them. The aim of this paper is to mirror changes over time in the Kagera people's social cognition regarding HIV/AIDS, using their own language as a tracer of this process. Focus group discussions and personal and group interviews conducted during 1992 to 1995 in urban Bukoba, Kagera, constitute the basis for an analysis of metaphorical expressions in use since 19…
Aids, Orphans, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
HIV/AIDS is having devastating consequences on families, young children, and other vulnerable social groups. In this paper, I review the impact of HIV/AIDS on families and development in sub-Saharan Africa. I begin by showing the magnitude of the problem and the factors that have led to rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in this sub-continent. I discuss gender inequality, poverty, social inequality, and globalization, and show how these facilitate the rapi…
Social, cultural and sexual behavioral determinants of observed decline in HIV infection trends
Why planning does not work? Land use planning and residents' rights in Tanzania
Social context of disclosing HIV test results in Tanzania
This study sought to understand how individuals reveal their HIV test results to others and the ways in which social relations affect the disclosure process. The data were collected through open-ended interviews administered in Swahili to informants who had just been tested for HIV and to those who were living with HIV in Dar es Salaam and Iringa regions. Analysis shows that social relations influence the decisions individuals make about disclosu…
Gender analysis of educational support programs for OVC in Uganda and Tanzania
Gender plays an important role in education as most traditional societies give preference to boys over girls when it comes to educational opportunity. Increasing access to education for girls is important to the health and well-being of the individual, their future children, families, and communities. The objective of this article is to understand the gender differences in educational outcomes for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) attending s…
Disclosure in times of ART
The reach of HIV counseling and testing has grown rapidly since the 2000s, particularly since 2007 when provider-initiated counseling and testing was implemented alongside voluntary counseling and testing and testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Nevertheless, we still know little about the attendant practices of disclosing HIV-positive status. Persistently high rates of non-disclosure raise difficult ethical, public health …
Political science (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Medicine (6 obras) · Tanzania (6 obras) · Economic growth (5 obras) · Economics (5 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Poverty (5 obras) · Socioeconomics (5 obras) · Development economics (4 obras)