Prevalence of Geophagy Practices and Associated Factors Among HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending Bugando Medical Centre, Northern Tanzania. (Record no. 20789)
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| control field | CUHAS/MD/4001226/T/14 |
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| control field | CUHAS/MD/4001226/T/14 |
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| 028 ## - PUBLISHER OR DISTRIBUTOR NUMBER | |
| Source | Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: |
| Source | P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: |
| Source | Phone: +255 28 298 3384: |
| Source | Fax: +255 28 298 3386: |
| Source | Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : |
| Source | www.bugando.ac.tz |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | CUHAS/MD/4001226/T/14 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | English |
| Transcribing agency | DDC |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | Kiswahili |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Luvanda, Jane |
| Dates associated with a name | CUHAS/MD/4001226/T/14 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20716 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Prevalence of Geophagy Practices and Associated Factors Among HIV Positive Pregnant Women Attending Bugando Medical Centre, Northern Tanzania. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | ©2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x; 36 Pages |
| Extent | Includes References |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Abstract: <br/><br/>Background: Geophagy practices is a type of pica which involves deliberate consumption of earth or soil-like substances such as clay. The practice is observed worldwide, in Tanzania pregnant women eat ground soil or soil sticks (Pemba) sold in local shops/markets od which contains metallic ions. Although some metallic ions play key roles in human physiology, most of trace metals are unnecessary and maybe hazardous to human. This study determines prevalence and associated factors of Geophagy practice among HIV positive pregnant women at care and treatment clinic at Bugando medical centre (BMC).<br/><br/>Methods: This was a cross-sectional hospital based study that involved of 59 HIV infected pregnant women attending care and treatment clinic at Bugando medical centre from August to September 2018. Social demographic and other relevant information were collected using semi-structured questionnaires. Data was analysed by SPSS version 20.0 software as per objectives. <br/><br/>Results: It was revealed that 40 (67.8%) of HIV positive women practice Geophagy, among them 37 (92.5%) purchased the soil sticks (Pemba) from local shops/markets and 26 (65%) ate once to three times per day. HIV positive pregnant women mostly (n=25, 62.5%) started eating soil after knowing their sero status. The study found that HIV positive pregnant women eat soil because of good taste and smell (n=25, 39.7%), craving & hyper-salivation (n=22, 35%), prevent morning sickness (n=8, 12.7%). Geophagy practices were significantly not associated with level of education (p=0.625), current CD4+ count (p=0.407) and viral load (p=0.351) existed. <br/><br/>Conclusion: The prevalence of Geophagy practice in HIV positive pregnant women attending care and treatment clinic at Bugando medical centre is high (67.8%) eat soil because of craving and hyper-salivation, good taste and smell and prevention of morning sickness. Geophagy practices is not associated with level of education, current CD4+ count and viral load. <br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Environmental and Occupational Health |
| General subdivision | HIV Care and Treatment Clinic |
| General subdivision | Parasitology and Entomology |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 20061 |
| 9 (RLIN) | 20717 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | ddc |
| Koha item type | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 08/06/2021 | UD0746 | 08/06/2021 | 08/06/2021 | UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS |