Evaluating the History-Taking Process of Sexual Reproductive Health Problems in Tanzania: Lessons from a Study of Health Students and Practitioners.

Autor:	Mkonyi E; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Trent M; Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine, 1800 Orleans Street Baltimore, MD, 21287 USA., Mwakawanga DL; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Massae AF; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Ross MW; Program in Human Sexuality, Department of Family Medicine, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE. Minneapolis, MN, 55455 USA., Bonilla ZE; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Mohammed IS; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA., Lukumay GG; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mushy SE; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mgopa LR; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, United Nations Rd, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania., Wadley J; Department of Human Service, School of Adult & Continuing Education, 1570 Baltimore Pike Lincoln University, Philadelphia, PA, 19352 USA., Mkoka DA; Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied, Sciences (MUHAS), United Nations Rd, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Simon Rosser BR; Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis, MN, 55454 USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	East African journal of health and science [East Afr J Health Sci] 2023 Feb 14; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 133-148. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 05.
DOI:	10.37284/eajhs.6.1.1239
Abstrakt:	Building trust and therapeutic relationships between healthcare providers and patients are crucial for delivering high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Yet, while patients face substantial SRH disparities in Tanzania, little is known about health care professionals' [HCPs] SRH history-taking practices and experiences. This paper describes HCPs' interdisciplinary practices, experience in conducting SRH taking, and the critical lessons learned to optimize quality SRH care. We conducted 18 focus group discussions in June 2019 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with 60 healthcare practitioners and 61 students in midwifery, nursing, and medicine. We implemented a purposive, stratified sampling design to explore the experiences and perspectives of HCPs regarding providing sexual health services. We employed a grounded theory approach to perform the analysis. We provided seven scenarios to participants to discuss how they would manage SRH health problems. The scenarios helped us evaluate the practice and experience of SRH in Tanzania. Four broad themes and sub-themes emerged during the discussion; 1) SRH history-taking practices and experiences in the health care facilities; 2) the perceived benefit of effective SRH history-taking; 3) Factors hindering the SRH history-taking process; 4) The power of confidence. These findings have implications for strengthening a sexual health curriculum for medical students and continuing education programs for practicing health professionals designed to address the observed health disparities in Tanzania. These findings affirm that proper SRH history-taking requires a conducive environment, knowledge of relevant SRH-related laws and regulations; application of evidence-based techniques; and giving patients autonomy to make decisions for their health while making recommendations regarding standard care. Comprehensive SRH history-taking identifies critical data for illness diagnosis, provides foundational information for risk-reduction behavioural change counselling, and reduces medical costs. Therefore, the primary goal is to optimize health professional training on SRH issues and history-taking skills within the medical interview. Competing Interests: Maria Trent receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and research grants or supplies through a material transfer agreement from Hologic, Inc and SpeeDx, Ltd. Other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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