Towhid Babazadeh, Soheila Ranjbaran, Sara Pourrazavi, Arman Latifi, Khalil Maleki Chollou
Impact of health literacy and illness perception on medication adherence among older adults with hypertension in Iran: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in public health
studies shown early informed retirement planning lead successful retirement transition adjustments despite fact widely reported employees inadequately plan retirement existing empirical evidence provides limited information barriers affect academics retirement planning subsaharan africa particularly tanzania informed life course perspective theory present study qualitatively explored retirement planning barriers perspectives academics employers four purposefully selected universities tanzania focused group discussions fgds semistructured interviews employed generate data participants thematic approach guided data analysis interpretations study revealed seven barriers affect retirement planning among academics higher education include limited knowledge retirement planning lack investment management skills experience failure prioritize expenditure attitude towards retirement financial constraints due extended family needs retirement policies legal reforms limited time supervise investments based findings study provides recommendations address personal cultural systemic barriers order support academics successful transition retirement