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| Title |
A qualitative study of perceived risk for HIV transmission among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-785 |
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| Authors |
Edith AM Tarimo, Thecla W Kohi, Muhammad Bakari, Asli Kulane |
| Abstract |
Understanding people's views about HIV transmission by investigating a specific population may help to design effective HIV prevention strategies. In addition, knowing the inherent sexual practices of such a population, as well as the risky circumstances that may facilitate HIV transmission, is crucial for the said strategies to become effective. In this article, we report how police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, perceived the problem of HIV and AIDS in their local context, particularly in relation to unsafe sexual practices. The study was done with the view to recommending ways by which HIV transmission could be minimised within the police force. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 58 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 57 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Researcher | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 September 2013.
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#13,315,687
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#9,412
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#104,962
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#189
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