ArticlePloS one2014
Women's beliefs about male circumcision, HIV prevention, and sexual behaviors in Kisumu, Kenya.
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- 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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- The role of women in promoting voluntary medical male circumcision uptake: Literature review.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2022Review
- Sex and Male Circumcision: Women's Preferences Across Different Cultures and Countries: A Systematic Review.Sexual medicine · 2019Review
- Women's role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda.AIDS care · 2019Article
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- Male circumcision for HIV prevention: Awareness, risk compensation, and risk perceptions among South African women.Global public health · 2018Article
- 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
- Are circumcised men safer sex partners? Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Female Partner Acceptance as a Predictor of Men's Readiness to Undergo Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia: The Spear and Shield Project.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Somatosensory evoked potentials assess the efficacy of circumcision for premature ejaculation.International journal of impotence research · 2016Article
- Sexual Satisfaction, Performance, and Partner Response Following Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia: The Spear and Shield Project.Global health, science and practice · 2015Article
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Abstract
It is important to understand how women's sexual practices may be influenced by male circumcision (MC) as an HIV prevention effort. Women's beliefs about MC and sexual behaviour will likely influence the scale-up and uptake of medical MC. We conducted qualitative interviews with 30 sexually active women in Kisumu, Kenya. Women discussed MC related to perceived health benefits, condom use, sexual behaviour, knowledge of susceptibility to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), circumcision preference, and influence on circumcision uptake. Respondents had a good understanding of the partial protection of MC for acquisition of HIV for men. Women perceived circumcised men as cleaner, carrying fewer diseases, and taking more time to reach ejaculation. Male's circumcision status is a salient factor for women's sexual decision making, including partner choice, and condom use. It will be important that educational information affirms that MC provides only partial protection against female to male transmission of HIV and some STIs; that other HIV and STI prevention methods such as condoms need to be used in conjunction with MC; that MC does not preclude a man from having HIV; and that couples should develop plans for not having sex while the man is healing.
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