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Women's roles in voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
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- The effectiveness of demand creation interventions for voluntary male medical circumcision for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
- Association of Male Circumcision with Women's Knowledge of its Biomedical Effects and With Their Sexual Satisfaction and Function: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2019Pooled it
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- Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a sexually transmitted infections clinic in Malawi: a mixed methods study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Male circumcision uptake and misperceived norms about male circumcision: Cross-sectional, population-based study in rural Uganda.Journal of global health · 2023Article
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- Women's support for voluntary medical male circumcision in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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- The role of women in promoting voluntary medical male circumcision uptake: Literature review.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2022Review
- The development of an explanatory model for voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
- Perceived influence of value systems on the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men in Kweneng East, Botswana.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2020Article
- Enhancers and barriers to uptake of male circumcision services in Northern Uganda: a qualitative study.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Circumcised men's perceptions, understanding and experiences of voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020Article
- Women's role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda.AIDS care · 2019Article
- A cross-sectional study of the factors associated with male circumcision status among college youth in Ndola, Zambia, 2016.Southern African journal of HIV medicine · 2019Article
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- Perceived HIV-protective benefits of male circumcision: Risk compensatory behaviour among women in Malawi.PloS one · 2019Article
- Females' Peer Influence and Support for Adolescent Males Receiving Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Article
- Parental Communication, Engagement, and Support During the Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Experience.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018Article
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Abstract
Women are an important audience for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) communication messages so that they know that VMMC provides only partial protection against HIV. They may also be able to influence their male partners to get circumcised and practice other HIV protective measures after VMMC. This study was conducted in two phases of qualitative data collection. Phase 1 used in-depth interviews to explore women's understanding of partial protection and their role in VMMC. Phase 2 built on the findings from the Phase 1, using focus groups to test VMMC communication messages currently used in Nyanza Province and to further explore women's roles in VMMC. Sixty-four sexually active women between the ages of 18 and 35 participated. In Phase 1, all women said they had heard of partial protection, though some were not able to elaborate on what the concept means. When women in Phase 2 were exposed to messages about partial protection, however, participants understood the messages well and were able to identify the main points. In Phases 1 and 2, many participants said that they had discussed VMMC with their partner, and for several, it was a joint decision for the man to go for VMMC. These findings suggest that current VMMC messaging is reaching women, though communications could more effectively target women to increase their ability to communicate about partial HIV protection from VMMC. Also, women seem to be playing an important role in encouraging men to get circumcised, so reaching out to women could be a valuable intervention strategy for increasing VMMC uptake and promoting use of other HIV protective measures after VMMC.
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