Hideko Sato, Keiko Nakamura, Stephen Kibusi, Kaoruko Seino, Isaac I Maro, Yuri Tashiro, Deogratius Bintabara, Festo K Shayo, Ayano Miyashita, Mayumi Ohnishi
The objectives of this study were to identify difficulties and their related contexts non-communicable disease (NCD) patients in rural Tanzania experienced, examine how patients managed the situation by seeking better treatment of the diseases, and propose a realistic approach for optimizing disease management with long-term perspectives in resource-limited settings, based on views of patients (PTs), health-care providers (HPs), and health volunteers (HVs). Nine focus group discussions were performed with 56 participants of PTs, HPs, and HVs in three district hospitals in the Dodoma region...
April 1, 2023: Health Promotion International