Factors influencing infant and childhood mortality in Singida urban district

Mkama, Victor

dc.creator	Mkama, Victor
dc.date	2019-08-21T07:37:50Z
dc.date	2019-08-21T07:37:50Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:07:25Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:07:25Z
dc.identifier	Mkama, V. (2015). Factors influencing infant and childhood mortality in Singida urban district. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma.
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1042
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1042
dc.description	Dissertation (MA Demography)
dc.description	his study is about the factors influencing infant and childhood mortality in Singida Urban District. The study was undertaken in Singida Urban District. The study has involved a sample of 100 respondents comprising those who were interviewed and those who filled questionnaires. This sample was derived by applying purposive and simple random sampling methods. The methods were used to collect information on the factors influencing Infant and childhood Mortality in Singida Urban District. Indeed, the study objective is to assess the factors influencing infant and childhood mortality in Singida Urban District. The SPSS vsersion16 software package was used for data analysis. The findings in this study revealed that, infant and childhood mortality ratio in Tanzania is unacceptably high and still very far from reaching the millennium development goals. Infant and childhood health care services should focus on ensuring there is continuum of care through strengthening the health system and provision of good quality of health care in a well organized referral health system from community level to high facility levels. Study results indicate that, 80% of the respondents claimed to have children dying in less than 24 hours being below 5 and this is the effect of infant and childhood mortality on survival rate. It is therefore, recommended that, there should be regular upgrading of health workers‟ skills especially staff of lower cadre who is the most common service providers at lower level facilities in the rural areas. This should involve supporting more training to assistant medical officers and clinical officers to provide emergency obstetric care services in rural areas where medical doctors are unavailable.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Infant
dc.subject	Infant mortality
dc.subject	Childhood
dc.subject	Mortality
dc.subject	Survival rate
dc.subject	Childhood mortality
dc.subject	Health
dc.subject	Health system
dc.subject	Health care
dc.subject	Singida
dc.title	Factors influencing infant and childhood mortality in Singida urban district
dc.type	Dissertation