Help-Seeking Pathways and Barriers for ... - EngenderHealth

directory of service providers compiled by MUHAS. 10 The following criteria were applied in
selecting the districts:
Relatively high concentration of services
The team decided that the rural district selected should have a sufficiently high
concentration of services to ensure that the targeted number of service providers
was available for inclusion in the study.
Geographic considerations
The rural district selected should be sufficiently far from the urban district to ensure
that the rural community was not accessing services located in the urban center.
While the selection of districts according to these criteria is straightforward for Iringa and
Mbeya regions, Dar es Salaam region comprises three urban districts. As such, the team
made the decision to include the Districts of Ilala and Temeke in field work and Kinondoni
for pilot testing. However, those organizations identified as providing services or leadership
on gender-based violence at the national level were included in the sample irrespective of
their location in Dar es Salaam. The rural district selected for Mbeya was Rungwe, and, for
Iringa, the rural Mufindi district was included.
The process of identification of duty bearers, stakeholders, and service providers for the
KIIs began with directories of civil society organizations and health providers given to the
research team by CHAMPION and the Regional Community Development Officer (CDO) from
Dar es Salaam, Mbeya, and Iringa. From this starting point, the team carried out a
structured snowball sample to expand the number and range of informants in the final
sample. In each region, the District Medical Officer (DMO) assisted in selecting and
contacting the healthcare providers in the sample. Similarly, the Regional and District
Administrative Secretaries granted permission for the research team to talk with Ward
Executive Officers (WEOs) and Ward Reconciliation Councils (WRCs) in each area.
During each interview, respondents were asked to provide the names of other potential key
informants and relevant agencies/organizations with whom the research team could speak
to next. As a result of this phased snowball sampling strategy, the final sample included 104
key informants as follows: 11
15 public and private healthcare providers (7 Iringa, 3 Mbeya, 5 Dar);
8 WRC members (2 Iringa, 3 Mbeya, 3 Dar);
7 Police Gender and Children’s Desk Officers (2 Iringa, 3 Mbeya, 2 Dar);
39 NGO/CBO/FBO representatives (12 Iringa, 16 Mbeya, 11 Dar);
12 ward/local leaders (3 Iringa, 5 Mbeya, 4 Dar); and
23 representatives from the MoHSW, MCDGC, and Ministry of Education and
Vocational Training (MoEVT).
10 MUHAS, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Mapping of child protection services in Tanzania. 15
December 2010-8 July 2011.
11 In accordance with the informed consent process and approved research protocol, participants’ details are
not provided to protect their confidentiality.
Help-Seeking Pathways and Barriers for Survivors of GBV in Tanzania March 2013
Page 15