ArticleBMC public health2012
A Kenyan newspaper analysis of the limitations of voluntary medical male circumcision and the importance of sustained condom use.
Article in BMC public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- "Our [Yao people's] circumcision is of the 'brain' not of the 'penis'": factors behind the resistance to voluntary medical male circumcision among Yao people of Mangochi in Southern Malawi.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2022Article
- Voluntary medical male circumcision and sexual practices among sexually active circumcised men in Mzuzu, Malawi: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2020Article
- CUBES: A practical toolkit to measure enablers and barriers to behavior for effective intervention design.Gates open research · 2019Article
- Evidence that promotion of male circumcision did not lead to sexual risk compensation in prioritized Sub-Saharan countries.PloS one · 2017Article
- Perceptions about medical male circumcision and sexual behaviours of adults in rural Uganda: a cross sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2015Article
- Portrayal of the human resource crisis and accountability in healthcare: a qualitative analysis of ugandan newspapers.PloS one · 2015Article
- Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa.Global public health · 2015Article
- Public discourse on HIV/AIDS: an archival analysis of national newspaper reporting in Uganda, 1996-2011.Sex education · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundSince the completion of three clinical trials indicating that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an effective method to reduce men's chances of acquiring HIV, use of the procedure has been advocated in Kenya. Media messages shape popular understandings of the benefits and limitations of male circumcision. The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate promotion messages in a popular online newspaper to determine how the limitations of male circumcision are represented, and whether condom use is still being promoted; and (2) gain insight into popular understandings of the limitations of this new procedure through newspaper reader comments.
methodsA content analysis was conducted on 34 online media articles published by the Daily Nation between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2010. Information about condom promotion, partial immunity, limitations and complications of the procedure, as well as emergent themes, were analyzed.
resultsResults demonstrated an irregular and occasionally misleading presentation of these topics and a perceived lack of objective information about the risks and limitations of VMMC.
conclusionsThere is a need for governmental and non-governmental public health organizations to engage with the media to improve risk messaging.
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