ArticleBMC public health2012
"Now we are in a different time; various bad diseases have come." Understanding men's acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in a moderate prevalence setting.
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- Association between medical male circumcision and HIV risk compensation among heterosexual men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Pooled it
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- Methodological issues in qualitative research on HIV prevention: an integrative review.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Review
- Men's utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2023Review
- Acceptability of testing for anorectal sexually transmitted infections and self-collected anal swabs in female sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgender women in Papua New Guinea.BMC public health · 2018Article
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- Factors contributing to the low uptake of medical male circumcision in Mutare Rural District, Zimbabwe.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2016Article
- Lower HIV Risk Among Circumcised Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Interaction With Anal Sex Role in a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Article
- 'If you are circumcised, you are the best': understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Culture, health & sexuality · 2015Article
- Organizational characteristics of HIV/syphilis testing services for men who have sex with men in South China: a social entrepreneurship analysis and implications for creating sustainable service models.BMC infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Acceptability, knowledge, beliefs, and partners as determinants of Zambian men's readiness to undergo medical male circumcision.AIDS and behavior · 2014Article
- Impact of male circumcision on the HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea: a country with extensive foreskin cutting practices.PloS one · 2014Article
- Attitudes, perceptions and potential uptake of male circumcision among older men in Turkana County, Kenya using qualitative methods.PloS one · 2014Article
- Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea.BMC public health · 2013Observational
- Listening to diverse community voices: the tensions of responding to community expectations in developing a male circumcision program for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Sociocultural and individual determinants for motivation of sexual and reproductive health workers in Papua New Guinea and their implications for male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy.Human resources for health · 2013Article
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- Decline in male circumcision in South Korea.BMC public health · 2012Article
- Vasectomy as a proxy: extrapolating health system lessons to male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Papua New Guinea.BMC health services research · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdult male surgical circumcision (MC) has been shown to reduce HIV acquisition in men and is recommended by the WHO for inclusion in comprehensive national HIV prevention programs in high prevalence settings. Only limited research to date has been conducted in countries experiencing moderate burden epidemics, where the acceptability, operational feasibility and potential epidemiological impact of MC remain unclear.
methodsA multi-method qualitative research study was conducted at four sites in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with 24 focus group discussions and 65 in-depth interviews carried out among 276 men.
resultsThe majority of men were in favour of MC being introduced for HIV prevention in PNG and considered improved genital hygiene, enhanced sexual pleasure and culturally appropriateness key factors in the acceptability of a future intervention. A minority of men were against the introduction of MC, primarily due to concerns regarding sexual risk compensation and that the intervention went against prevailing cultural and religious beliefs.
conclusionThis is one of the first community-based MC acceptability studies conducted in a moderate prevalence setting outside of Africa. Research findings from this study suggest that a future MC program for HIV prevention would be widely accepted by men in PNG.
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