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- Knowledge, attitude and practices related to issues concerning population growth in community members of Chang’ombe street in Dodoma, Central Tanzania(St John's University of Tanzania, 2015-07-28) Mwenda, Innocent PaulThis study explored knowledge, attitude and practice related to issues concerning population growth in community members of a selected densely populated area of Dodoma, Central Tanzania. The study employed qualitative and quantitative research approaches with a survey design. Interviews were conducted with 40 men and women aged 20 years and above living in Chang’ombe Street in Dodoma who were randomly selected. Thematic analysis was done to analyse qualitative data while percentages chi square and frequencies were used for quantitative data. Findings suggest that there is a statistically significant association between age, education level, marital status, occupation and preferred number of children (p<0.05). Hence preferred number of children increased as the age of the participant increased while it reduced as the level of education of participant increase. A reason like expecting children to help their parents during their old age was the main reason for having children. However 95% of all participants were aware of family planning; while the most commonly known methods among both men and women were birth control pill, injectables, and male and female condoms and natural methods. Furthermore, some of participants (65%) in the study area have observed to have positive attitude toward family planning, but despite their knowledge of FPM, usage was reported to be very low. Tin the aspect of population growth, majority of participants observed to understand the concept of population growth and its impact and recognise that there is a problem of population growth in Chang’ombe Street. This study concluded that issues of population growth are well known by participants but don’t seen their own role in creating the problem; while education has noted to be the major factor which shape behaviours of individuals so equal education opportunities especially secondary school uptake should be provided to all children