ArticleBMC public health2018
Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda.
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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
- 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
- Parents' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding childhood circumcision: a cross-sectional study in the central region of Sichuan, China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Deficits and opportunities, pivots and shifts for scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Shifting reasons for older men remaining uncircumcised: Findings from a pre- and post-demand creation intervention among men aged 25-39 years in western Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of voluntary medical male circumcision among males attending high school in Shiselweni region, Eswatini: a cross sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Observational
- Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Medical Male Circumcision Among Adolescent Boys in Tanzania: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Modeling.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Factors Influencing the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among Boda-Boda Riders Aged 18-49 Years in Hoima, Western Uganda.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Barriers, benefits, and behaviour: Voluntary medical male circumcision ideation in a population-based sample of Zambian men.African journal of AIDS research : AJAR · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as HIV-Prevention Strategy among Men Aged 18-49 Years from Nyanza District, Rwanda.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- 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
- Enhancers and barriers to uptake of male circumcision services in Northern Uganda: a qualitative study.AIDS care · 2020Article
- 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
backgroundFree VMMC services have been available in Uganda since 2010. However, uptake in Northern Uganda remains disproportionately low. We aimed to determine if this is due to men's insufficient knowledge on VMMC, and if women's knowledge on VMMC has any association with VMMC status of their male sexual partners.
methodsIn this cross sectional study, participants were asked their circumcision status (or that of their male sexual partner for female respondents) and presented with 14 questions on VMMC benefits, procedure, risk, and misconceptions. Chi square tests or fisher exact tests were used to compare circumcision prevalence among those who gave correct responses versus those who failed to and if p < 0.05, the comparison groups were balanced with propensity score weights in modified poisson models to estimate prevalence ratios, PR.
resultsA total of 396 men and 50 women were included in the analyses. Circumcision was 42% less prevalent among males who failed to reject the misconception that VMMC reduces sexual performance (PR = 0.58, 95% CI 0.38-0.89, p = 0.012), and less prevalent among male sexual partners of females who failed to reject the same misconception (PR = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.07-0.76, p = 0.016). Circumcision was also 35% less prevalent among male respondents who failed to reject the misconception that VMMC increases a man's desire for more sexual partners i.e. promiscuity (PR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.46-0.92, p = 0.014).
conclusionMisconceptions regarding change in sexual drive or performance were associated with circumcision status in this population, while knowledge of VMMC benefits, risks and procedure was not.
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