ArticlePloS one2013
Female sex workers, male circumcision and HIV: a qualitative study of their understanding, experience, and HIV risk in Zambia.
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- Client-Initiated Violence Against Zambian Female Sex Workers: Prevalence and Associations With Behavior, Environment, and Sexual History.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2021Article
- Enhancers and barriers to uptake of male circumcision services in Northern Uganda: a qualitative study.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Factors associated with alcohol use before sex among HIV-negative female sex workers in Zambia.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Article
- Single Mothers and Female Sex Workers in Zambia Have Similar Risk Profiles.AIDS research and human retroviruses · 2019Article
- Women's role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda.AIDS care · 2019Article
- "Now that you are circumcised, you cannot have first sex with your wife": post circumcision sexual behaviours and beliefs among men in Wakiso district, Uganda.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Article
- A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Early Resumption of Sex following Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision amongst School-Going Males.PloS one · 2016Article
- Implementation of an electronic fingerprint-linked data collection system: a feasibility and acceptability study among Zambian female sex workers.Globalization and health · 2015Article
- Towards a gender perspective in qualitative research on voluntary medical male circumcision in east and southern Africa.Global public health · 2015Article
- Circumcision as a strategy to minimize HIV transmission.Current urology reports · 2013Review
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Abstract
Several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, have initiated national voluntary medical male circumcision (MC) programs to reduce HIV incidence. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty female sex workers (FSWs) in Lusaka to examine their understanding of MC and experiences with circumcised clients. Knowledge of MC was derived primarily through informal sources, with very few FSWs reporting exposure to MC educational campaigns. MC was not widely believed to be protective against HIV, however it was viewed by some as protective against STIs. Three FSWs reported having sex with recently circumcised clients, and most reported that men often used their MC status to try to convince FSWs to forego condoms. Findings suggest that FSWs, already at high risk for HIV infection, may face additional pressure toward higher risk behavior as a result of MC. As MC services are expanded, programs should support FSWs' efforts to protect themselves by providing information about what MC can--and cannot--offer for HIV/STI infection prevention.
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