ArticleAIDS and behavior2016
Female Partner Acceptance as a Predictor of Men's Readiness to Undergo Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Zambia: The Spear and Shield Project.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01688167 (Increasing Availability and Acceptability of Circumcision in Zambia), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Increasing Availability and Acceptability of Circumcision in Zambia
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Increasing voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adult men in Tanzania.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Trial
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- Dissemination and implementation of an evidence-based voluntary medical male circumcision program: The Spear & Shield program.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Dissemination of the Spear & Shield Project using a Training of Trainers Model: A reflection on challenges and successes.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Understanding barriers and facilitators to voluntary medical male circumcision and Spear and Shield uptake in Zambian community health centers.Translational behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- 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
- Barriers, benefits, and behaviour: Voluntary medical male circumcision ideation in a population-based sample of Zambian men.African journal of AIDS research : AJAR · 2021Article
- Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and antenatal care (ANC) clinics in Malawi: effective platforms for improving engagement of men at high HIV risk with voluntary medical male circumcision services.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Infection Prevention - Chókwè District, Mozambique, 2014-2019.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2021Article
- Identifying factors associated with successful implementation and uptake of an evidence-based voluntary medical male circumcision program in Zambia: the Spear and Shield 2 Program.Translational behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Women's role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda.AIDS care · 2019Article
- Intravaginal practices among young HIV-infected women in Lusaka, Zambia.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2018Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Uncircumcised, Kenyan Men's Desire for Circumcision for Their Infant Sons.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
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Abstract
The World Health Organization has recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa; however, men are often uninterested in undergoing VMMC. The Spear & Shield project enrolled 668 men and female partners from ten Zambian community health centers into parallel interventions promoting VMMC for HIV prevention or time-matched control conditions. A mediation model was utilized to examine the relationships between changes in women's acceptance of VMMC and men's readiness to undergo the procedure. Results demonstrated that, at 12 months post-intervention, a 5.9 % increase in the likelihood of undergoing VMMC among men in the experimental condition could be attributed to increased women's acceptance. From a public health perspective, involving women in VMMC promotion interventions such as the Spear & Shield project could significantly impact the demand for VMMC in Zambia.
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