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"If You Are Not Circumcised, I Cannot Say Yes": The Role of Women in Promoting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania.
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- 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 between male circumcision and women's biomedical health outcomes: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2017Pooled it
- Increasing voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adult men in Tanzania.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Protective effect of voluntary medical male circumcision against sexually transmitted infections among adult men in Malawi: insights from observational data.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Male circumcision uptake and misperceived norms about male circumcision: Cross-sectional, population-based study in rural Uganda.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Missed opportunity: low uptake of VMMC among men attending the OPD of a public health facility offering free VMMC services in Uganda.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The development of an explanatory model for voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2021Article
- Circumcised men's perceptions, understanding and experiences of voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2020Article
- Women's role in male circumcision promotion in Rakai, Uganda.AIDS care · 2019Article
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- Geospatial assessment of the voluntary medical male circumcision programme in Tanzania, 2011-2016.BMJ global health · 2019Article
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- Perceived HIV-protective benefits of male circumcision: Risk compensatory behaviour among women in Malawi.PloS one · 2019Article
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- Messaging Circumstances and Economic Pressures as Influences on Linkage to Medical Male Circumcision following Community-Based HIV Testing for Men in Rural Southwest Uganda: A Qualitative Study.AIDS research and treatment · 2018Article
- Circumcision and its effects in Africa.Translational andrology and urology · 2017Review
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- Changing Cultural Practices: A Case Study of Male Circumcision in South Africa.American journal of men's healthArticle
- Zulu Men's Conceptions, Understanding, and Experiences of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in Tanzania was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 2010 as part of the national HIV prevention strategy. A qualitative study was conducted prior to a cluster randomized trial which tested effective strategies to increase VMMC up take among men aged ≥20 years. During the formative qualitative study, we conducted in-depth interviews with circumcised males (n = 14), uncircumcised males (n = 16), and participatory group discussions (n = 20) with men and women aged 20-49 years in Njombe and Tabora regions of Tanzania. Participants reported that mothers and female partners have an important influence on men's decisions to seek VMMC both directly by denying sex, and indirectly through discussion, advice and providing information on VMMC to uncircumcised partners and sons. Our findings suggest that in Tanzania and potentially other settings, an expanded role for women in VMMC communication strategies could increase adult male uptake of VMMC services.
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