This article is an output of a systematic review to examine the trend of family planning research in Tanzania. The purpose of the review was to analyse published studies on family planning in the country from 1970 to 2012. The review aimed at examining the focus and key findings of family planning studies conducted during that period in order to identify areas where more research is needed. Searching was first done in Picarta, where a list of articles and abstracts were extracted. Those articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria or not well aligned with the keywords were excluded. This procedure was used in Purple search exploring in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Enconlit and Business Source Premier. The Scopus search engine was consulted and the same procedures were used to enumerate all articles that met the inclusion criteria. During the review, qualitative approach was used, whereby content analysis was used to identify published peer reviewed articles and reports that address family planning programs in Tanzania. The analysis was done to summarize the main themes from reviewed articles and reports. The findings show that most of the studies reviewed employed quantitative approach using secondary data from various surveys conducted in Tanzania. While many of these studies largely focused on the determinants of contraceptive use and change in behaviour; a few focused on policy issues. With regard to thematic focus, accessibility and perceived quality of services, the impact of mass media advocacy on family planning particularly on contraceptive use were the key themes that featured more often in these studies. The paper concludes that the studies conducted in Tanzania from 1970 to 2012 focused at large on individual family planning behaviour and employed quantitative approach. The review also found that the studies were mostly holistic, analysing the whole country as a single unit of analysis ignoring context variations. Besides, the focus of most of the studies was on the determinants of contraceptive use. The studies were inclined on individual behaviour, with no attention to the institutional arrangements in the provision of family planning services, hence, creating a potential research gap. This study suggests that future studies should focus on policy and programme documents that guide implementation of family planning interventions. Furthermore, disaggregated studies examining regional variations in family planning programme implementation are recommended so as to capture context specific practices and challenges.
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Family Planning, Systematic Review, Empirical Literature, Tanzania
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