| Title |
Risk Compensation Following Male Circumcision: Results from a Two-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Recently Circumcised and Uncircumcised Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-014-0846-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nelli Westercamp, Kawango Agot, Walter Jaoko, Robert C. Bailey |
| Abstract |
We present the results of the first study of longitudinal change in HIV-associated risk behaviors in men before and after circumcision in the context of a population-level voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program. The behaviors of 1,588 newly circumcised men and 1,598 age-matched uncircumcised controls were assessed at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of follow-up. Despite the precipitous decline in perception of high HIV risk among circumcised men (30-14 vs. 24-21 % in controls) and increased sexual activity among the youngest participants (18-24 years; p-time < 0.0001, p-group = 0.96), all specific risk behaviors decreased over time similarly in both groups. The proportion of men reporting condom use at last sex increased for both groups, with a greater increase among circumcised men (30 vs. 6 %). We found no evidence of risk compensation in men following circumcision. Concerns about risk compensation should not impede the widespread scale-up of VMMC initiatives. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 19 | 25% |
| Researcher | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 25% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Psychology | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
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