ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2013
Parents' rationale for male circumcision.
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- Caregiver acceptability, and uptake of voluntary medical circumcision among male children under 5 years in Gulu city, Northern Uganda.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Parents' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding childhood circumcision: a cross-sectional study in the central region of Sichuan, China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Parental Perspectives Regarding Circumcision during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Indonesia.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS · 2024Article
- Where to draw the line? Understanding preferences in mucosal collar length after circumcision: A crowdsourced survey from the U.S. general population.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022Article
- Decision-Making Regarding Newborn Circumcision: A Qualitative Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
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- Canadian Urological Association guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (full version).Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2018Article
- Evidence-Based Identification of Key Beliefs Explaining Infant Male Circumcision Motivation Among Expectant Parents in Zimbabwe: Targets for Behavior Change Messaging.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Acceptability of neonatal circumcision by pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Curationis · 2015Article
- Evaluation of maternal preferences for neonatal male circumcision in Enugu Nigeria.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPSArticle
- Parental decision making in male circumcision.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine which factors parents consider to be most important when pursuing elective circumcision procedures in newborn male children.
designProspective survey.
settingSaskatoon, Sask.
participantsA total of 230 participants attending prenatal classes in the Saskatoon Health Region over a 3-month period.
main outcome measuresParents' plans to pursue circumcision, personal and family circumcision status, and factors influencing parents' decision making on the subject of elective circumcision.
resultsThe reasons that parents most often gave for supporting male circumcision were hygiene (61.9%), prevention of infection or cancer (44.8%), and the father being circumcised (40.9%). The reasons most commonly reported by parents for not supporting circumcision were it not being medically necessary (32.0%), the father being uncircumcised (18.8%), and concerns about bleeding or infection (15.5%). Of all parents responding who were expecting children, 56.4% indicated they would consider pursuing elective circumcision if they had a son; 24.3% said they would not. In instances in which the father of the expected baby was circumcised, 81.9% of respondents were in favour of pursuing elective circumcision. When the father of the expected child was not circumcised, 14.9% were in favour of pursuing elective circumcision. Regression analysis showed that the relationship between the circumcision status of the father and support of elective circumcision was statistically significant (P < .001). Among couples in which the father was circumcised, 82.2% stated that circumcision by an experienced medical practitioner was a safe procedure for all boys, in contrast to 64.1% of couples in which the father of the expected child was not circumcised. When the expecting father was circumcised, no one responded that circumcision was an unsafe procedure, compared with 7.8% when the expecting father was not circumcised (P = .003).
conclusionDespite new medical information and updated stances from various medical associations, newborn male circumcision rates continue to be heavily influenced by the circumcision status of the child's father.
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