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| Title |
Why Women Object to Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV in a Moderate-Prevalence Setting
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| Published in |
Qualitative Health Research, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1177/1049732312467234 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Herick Aeno, Patti Shih, Richard Naketrumb, James Neo, Lisa Fitzgerald, John M. Kaldor, Peter M. Siba, Andrew Vallely |
| Abstract |
Adult male circumcision has been shown to reduce the transmission of HIV. Women's acceptability of male circumcision is important in Papua New Guinea's preparedness to introduce male circumcision, and in ethical considerations of its use as a biomedical technology for HIV prevention. We conducted 21 focus group discussions and 18 in-depth interviews with women in all four regions of Papua New Guinea. The majority of women objected to the introduction of male circumcision for three main reasons: circumcision would result in sexual risk compensation; circumcision goes against Christian faith; and circumcision is a new practice that is culturally inappropriate. A minority of women accepted male circumcision for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and for the benefit of penile hygiene and health. Women's objections to circumcision as a biomedical method of preventing HIV reemphasize the importance of sociocultural and behavioral interventions in Papua New Guinea. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 53 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 15% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 16 | 30% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Psychology | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 August 2020.
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#7,611,092
of 23,849,058 outputs
Outputs from Qualitative Health Research
#850
of 1,887 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#80,500
of 282,326 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Qualitative Health Research
#12
of 32 outputs
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