Background
Methods
Study setting
Population
Study design
Recruitment
Data collection
Data analysis
Analysis went down in four stages
SN. | Age | Sex | Education | Marital status | Original text | Categorical Statements | Variables for SPSS |
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217 | 37 | Male | Secondary School (Form IV) | Married | To know my health status; to protect my body against HIV infections when I get HIV vaccine, if I get more information about this HIV, to educate other community from not being infected against HIV as an enthusiast. | -To know my health status | kno_stat, get_prot get_edu edu_othe |
-To get protection against HIV | |||||||
-To know more about [HIV or vaccine] | |||||||
-To give education to others about HIV [prevention or vaccine] |
Justification of the data collection tool and analysis process
Ethical considerations
Results
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study respondents
Responses | Sex | Total, n (%) | |
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Men, n (%) | Women, n (%) | ||
Marital status | |||
Not married | 95 (51.6) | 34 (58.6) | 129 (53.3) |
Married | 89 (48.4) | 24 (41.4) | 113 (46.7) |
Age groups | |||
Up to 24 | 36 (19.6) | 23 (39.7) | 59 (24.4)* |
25-34 | 88 (47.8) | 20 (34.5) | 108 (44.6) |
35-44 | 46 (25) | 12 (20.7) | 58 (24.0) |
45+ | 14 (7.6) | 3 (5.2) | 17 (7.0) |
Education | |||
Primary (7 years) | 54 (29.3) | 18 (31) | 72 (29.8) |
Secondary and above (4 years) | 130 (70.7) | 40 (69) | 170 (70.2) |
Motivations to participate in an HIV vaccine trial
Categorical statements | Men n(%) | Women n(%) | Total n(%) |
---|---|---|---|
Volunteerism to rescue lives of others [altruism] | 64 (34.8) | 32 (55.2) | 96 (39.7)** |
Desire to become a role model, to be among the enthusiasts | 32 (17.4) | 13 (22.4) | 45 (18.6) |
Researchers’ explanations about HIV/AIDS vaccine studies | 36 (19.6) | 1 (1.7) | 37(15.3)*** |
To get more knowledge about HIV prevention/vaccine | 27 (14.7) | 10 (17.2) | 37 (15.3) |
To know my health status [know health status] | 29 (15.8) | 7 (12.1) | 36 (14.9) |
To get knowledge for educating others about HIV or vaccine | 29 (15.8) | 5 (8.6) | 34 (14.0) |
To cooperate with researchers in developing an HIV vaccine | 21 (11.4) | 2 (3.4) | 23 (9.5)* |
To accomplish personal motivation | 14 (7.6) | 5 (8.6) | 19 (7.9) |
To get protection against HIV infection | 13 (7.1) | 4 (6.9) | 17 (7.0) |
Magnitude of the disease [AIDS] | 14 (7.6) | 3 (5.2) | 17 (7.0) |
Severity of the disease in families – experienced death of a relative due to AIDS | 13 (7.1) | 2 (3.4) | 15 (6.2) |
Others (free treatment/insurance, test the strength of vaccine in the body) | 6 (3.3) | 1 (1.7) | 7 (2.9) |
Categorical statements | Unmarried n(%) | Married n(%) | Total n(%) |
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Volunteerism to rescue lives of others [altruism] | 52 (40.3) | 44 (38.9) | 96 (39.7) |
Desire to become a role model, to be among the enthusiasts | 24 (18.6) | 21(18.6) | 45 (18.6) |
Researchers’ explanations about HIV/AIDS vaccine studies | 25 (19.4) | 12 (10.6) | 37 (15.3)* |
To get more knowledge about HIV prevention/vaccine | 19 (14.7) | 18(15.9) | 37 (15.3) |
To know my health status [know health status] | 17 (13.2) | 19(16.8) | 36 (14.9) |
To get knowledge for educating others about HIV/vaccine | 16 (12.4) | 18(15.9) | 34 (14.0) |
To cooperate with researchers in developing an HIV vaccine | 15 (11.6) | 8 (7.1) | 23 (9.5) |
To accomplish personal motivation | 10 (7.8) | 9 (8.0) | 19 (7.9) |
To get protection against HIV infection | 7 (5.4) | 10 (8.8) | 17 (7.0) |
Magnitude of the disease [AIDS] | 7 (5.4) | 10 (8.8) | 17 (7.0) |
Severity of the disease in families – experienced death of a relative due to AIDS | 8 (6.2) | 7 (6.2) | 15 (6.2) |
Others (free treatment/insurance, test the strength of vaccine in the body) | 3 (2.4) | 4 (3.6) | 7 (2.9) |
Categorical statements | Primary n(%) | Secondary n(%) | Total n(%) |
---|---|---|---|
Volunteerism to rescue lives of others [altruism] | 25(34.7) | 71 (41.8) | 96 (39.7) |
Desire to become a role model, to be among the enthusiasts | 24 (18.6) | 21(18.6) | 45 (18.6) |
Researchers’ explanations about HIV/AIDS vaccine studies | 4 (5.6) | 33 (19.4) | 37(15.3)* |
To get more knowledge about HIV prevention/vaccine | 10 (13.9) | 27(15.9) | 37 (15.3) |
To know my health status [know health status] | 18 (25.0) | 18(10.6) | 36 (14.9)* |
To get knowledge for educating others about HIV/vaccine | 14 (19.4) | 20(11.8) | 34 (14.0) |
To cooperate with researchers in developing an HIV vaccine | 6 (8.3) | 17(10.0) | 23 (9.5) |
To accomplish personal motivation | 8 (11.1) | 11 (6.5) | 19 (7.9) |
To get protection against HIV infection | 5 (6.9) | 12 (7.1) | 17 (7.0) |
Magnitude of the disease [AIDS] | 5 (6.9) | 12 (7.1) | 17 (7.0) |
Severity of the disease in families– experienced death of a relative due to AIDS | 3 (4.2) | 12 (7.1) | 15 (6.2) |
Others (free treatment/insurance, test the strength of vaccine in the body) | 0 (0) | 7 (4.2) | 7 (2.9) |
Quantitative Section
Motivations by sex
Motivations by marital status
Motivations by education
Qualitative Section
Volunteerism to rescue lives of others (altruism)
“The thing that motivates me most is to get HIV vaccine which will be able to perish the HIV infection and save lives of many Tanzanians … especially youths and children” (26 years old, unmarried woman)
“I decide to volunteer in order to save lives of Tanzanians and the world at large…”(24 years old unmarried man)
Desire to become a role model, to be among the enthusiasts
“I am very happy to be among the Tanzanians participating … I will be among the people who helped to stop this disease” (25 years old, unmarried man)
“… is to be a model or source for developing that vaccine; without me to volunteer for vaccine trial, who will do it..?” (32 years old, married woman)
Researchers’ explanations about HIV/AIDS vaccine studies
“The thing that motivates me … is the education, the adequate information I received in one of the seminars…” (32 years old, unmarried man)
“It is after attending these seminars and understood about this HIV vaccine…” (38 years old, married woman)
To get more knowledge about HIV prevention/vaccine
“I saw it is very important to join this program in order to get more understanding on how to avoid HIV infection” (30 years old, married man)
“Mostly is to understand, how this HIV vaccine can help to prevent this dangerous disease…” (24 years old, unmarried woman)
To know my health status (Know health status)
“Firstly, I want to understand my health status…” (25 years old, unmarried man)
“The thing that motivates me until reaching the decision is to know in detail about my health status” (26 years old, unmarried woman)
To get knowledge for educating others about HIV/vaccine
“… if I get more information about this HIV, I will educate other community members from not being infected with HIV…” (37 years old, married man).
“As a parent, I will get sufficient education through attending these seminars… to be able to educate my family against this disease [AIDS]” (42 years old, married woman).
To cooperate with researchers in developing an HIV vaccine
“The reason that motivates me to participate in HIV vaccine is to cooperate with the research team …the community cannot get out of this disaster without a vaccine” (28 years old, married man).
“The thing that motivates me to participate in HIV vaccine is in order to make a success on the whole research against HIV infection…” (21 years old, unmarried woman)
To accomplish personal motivation
“It is my personal motives” (38 years old, unmarried man)
“In reality, personally, what I desire most is one day a vaccine will be obtained” (24 years old, married woman)
To get protection against HIV infection
“The thing that motivates me to participate in HIV vaccine is … I have a wife, everyone has. Between us, one can betray the other, so the vaccine will help. In my work sometimes I face environment with injured persons…this vaccine can help on such environment” (27 years old, married man)
“To be among the policewomen who are provided with protection against HIV …” (36 years old, married woman)
Magnitude of the disease [AIDS]
“This disease has been a threat in our nation and the world at large” (26 years old, unmarried man)
“The decision to participate in this HIV vaccine is that spread of HIV calamity among human beings” (27 years old, married woman)
Severity of the disease in families - experienced death of a relative due to AIDS
“After seeing my three relatives died of AIDs and also the way I understand the importance of getting HIV vaccine in order to save lives of many people” (49 years old, married man)
“I have lost my relatives with AIDS; so I am ready to participate” (23 years old, unmarried woman)
Others (free treatment/insurance or test the strength of the vaccine in the body)
“If I will be found with a problem, I will be freely treated” (28 years old, married man)
“In order to know if the vaccine will help or not…” (32 years old, married woman)