COVID-19 has affected millions of people across the world. We conducted a phone based qualitative study to explore women’s perceptions of COVID-19, knowledge of its symptoms, transmission, and prevention practices in Northwestern Tanzania. We also examined their sources of information about the disease. Findings show that much of women’s framing of etiology, symptoms, and transmission routes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) greatly reflects the World Health Organization (WHO)/Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) frame. Their preventive practices against COVID-19 included the biomedical, cultural, and religious frames, as participants engaged traditional practices and spiritual interventions alongside public health recommendations. Mass media was the main source of information about COVID-19, and one of the trusted sources, in addition to religious and local leaders. To be effective, health promotion programs on pandemics should make more use of the mass media, and communal networks to reach populations.

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坦桑尼亚西北部妇女关于 COVID-19、预防措施和信息来源的叙述

COVID-19 已经影响了全世界数百万人。我们进行了一项基于电话的定性研究，以探索坦桑尼亚西北部女性对 COVID-19 的看法、对其症状、传播和预防措施的了解。我们还检查了他们关于该疾病的信息来源。研究结果表明，许多女性对严重急性呼吸系统综合症冠状病毒 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 的病因、症状和传播途径的框架在很大程度上反映了世界卫生组织 (WHO)/疾病控制和预防中心 (CDC) 的框架。他们针对 COVID-19 的预防措施包括生物医学、文化和宗教框架，因为参与者参与了传统做法和精神干预以及公共卫生建议。大众媒体是有关 COVID-19 的主要信息来源，除了宗教和地方领袖之外，也是值得信赖的消息来源之一。为了行之有效，关于流行病的健康促进计划应该更多地利用大众媒体和公共网络来影响人群。