Acceptability of medical male circumcision among uncircumcised men in Kenya one year after the launch of the national male circumcision program
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2011Author
Herman-Roloff, A
Otieno, N
Agot, K
Ndinya-Achola, JO
Bailey, RC
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BACKGROUND:
Numerous studies have demonstrated that male circumcision (MC) reduces the incidence of the Type-1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among heterosexual men by at least half.
METHODS:
One year after the launch of a national Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision program in Kenya, this study conducted 12 focus group discussions among uncircumcised men in Nyanza Province to assess the revealed, non-hypothetical, facilitators and barriers to the uptake of MC.
RESULTS:
The primary barriers to MC uptake included time away from work; culture and religion; possible adverse events; and the post-surgical abstinence period. The primary facilitators of MC uptake included hygiene; social pressure; protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; and improved sexual performance and satisfaction.
CONCLUSIONS:
Some activities which might increase MC uptake include dispelling MC misconceptions; increasing involvement of religious leaders, women's groups, and peer mobilizers for MC promotion; and increasing the relevance of MC among men who are already practicing an HIV prevention method
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http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/21603622http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16521
Citation
PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19814Publisher
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi
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