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Correlates of male circumcision in Eastern and Southern African countries: establishing a baseline prior to VMMC Scale-up.
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- Estimates of the prevalence of male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa from 2010-2023-A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Association between male circumcision and incidence of syphilis in men and women: a prospective study in HIV-1 serodiscordant heterosexual African couples.The Lancet. Global health · 2014Trial
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- Parental Perspectives Regarding Circumcision during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Indonesia.African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS · 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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- Evaluation of factors associated with medical male circumcision in South Africa: A case-control study.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2022Observational
- VMMC clients' perception of increased risk of HIV infection, circumcision preferred choice of method, providers' socio-demographics and mode of service delivery.African health sciences · 2020Article
- Male circumcision uptake and its predictors among sexually active men aged 15-59 years living in the highest HIV prevalence region of Ethiopia: evidence from 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Predictors of male circumcision incidence in a traditionally non-circumcising South African population-based cohort.PloS one · 2018Article
- Factors associated with married women's support of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Uganda: a population based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Understanding the socio-economic and sexual behavioural correlates of male circumcision across eleven voluntary medical male circumcision priority countries in southeastern Africa.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Risk factors for HIV infection among circumcised men in Uganda: a case-control study.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the importance of male circumcision (MC) prevalence to HIV prevention efforts in Eastern and Southern Africa, there has been no systematic analysis on the correlates of male circumcision. This analysis identifies correlates of MC in 12 countries in the region with available data.
methodsData from the male questionnaire of DHS surveys collected between 2006-2011 in Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe were analyzed. The dependent variable was self-reported male circumcision status. Independent variables included age, education, wealth quintile, place of residence, ethnicity, religion and region. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted separately for each country.
resultsMC prevalence ranged from 8.2 percent in Swaziland to 92.2 percent in Ethiopia. Bivariate analyses showed a consistent positive association between age (being older) and male circumcision. Education, wealth quintile, and place of residence were either not significantly related or differed in the direction of the relationship by country. Multivariate logistic regression showed three variables consistently associated with MC status: age (being older), religion (being Muslim) and ethnicity. DISCUSSION: These data were collected prior to the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs in 11 of the 12 countries. As the VMMC scale-up intensifies in countries across Eastern and Southern Africa, the correlates of VMMC are likely to change, with (younger) age and education emerging as key correlates of VMMC performed in medical settings. The centuries-long tradition among Muslims to circumcise should continue to favor MC among this group. Non-circumcising ethnicities may become more open to MC if promoted as a health practice for decreasing HIV risk.
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