ArticleMateria socio-medica2018
The Association Between Male Circumcision and Condom Use Behavior - a Meta-Analysis.
Article in Materia socio-medica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between medical male circumcision and HIV risk compensation among heterosexual men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2021Pooled it
- Critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision: A systematic review.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Does the evidence support circumcision of infant males in the United Kingdom?-a systematic review.Translational andrology and urology · 2026Review
- Neonatal Male Circumcision: Clearly Beneficial for Public Health or an Ethical Dilemma? A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Understanding the Evolving Role of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as a Public Health Strategy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Opportunities and Challenges.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2022Review
- Evidence-based circumcision policy for Australia.Journal of men's health · 2022Article
- The impact of the program for medical male circumcision on HIV in South Africa: analysis using three epidemiological models.Gates open research · 2021Article
- Voluntary medical male circumcision and HIV infection among men who have sex with men: Implications from a systematic review.SAGE open medicine · 2019Review
- The emerging health impact of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zimbabwe: An evaluation using three epidemiological models.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionThe protective benefit of male circumcision against spreading HIV is well established.
aimThe objective of this Meta-analysis was to investigate behavioral risk compensation measured as the change in condom use behavior in light of knowledge of the benefits of circumcision. MATERIAL AND
methodsA systematic search was conducted from 6 bibliographic databases for studies that quantitatively assessed a link between male circumcision and condom use behavior. Pooled odd ratios (OR) of condom use during any sexual activity were generated from three cohort studies and two Randomized Control Trails (RCT) that were included in the review.
resultsThe pooled effects from cohort and RCTs were not statistically significant at 6 months follow-up (OR=0.91, 95% CI: 0.57-1.45), at 12 months (OR=1.08, 95% CI=0.87-1.34) and 24 or more months (OR=1.11, 95% CI: 0.85, 1.45).
conclusionMale circumcision does not influence condom use behavior in the medium and short term.
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