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| Title |
Implementation of Adolescent-Friendly Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Using a School Based Recruitment Program in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0096468 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carl Montague, Nelisiwe Ngcobo, Gethwana Mahlase, Janet Frohlich, Cheryl Pillay, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Hilton Humphries, Rachael Dellar, Kogieleum Naidoo, Quarraisha Abdool Karim |
| Abstract |
Epidemiological data from South Africa demonstrate that risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in males increases dramatically after adolescence. Targeting adolescent HIV-negative males may be an efficient and cost-effective means of maximising the established HIV prevention benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in high HIV prevalence-, low circumcision practice-settings. This study assessed the feasibility of recruiting male high school students for VMMC in such a setting in rural KwaZulu-Natal. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 23% |
| South Africa | 2 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 92% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 142 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 142 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 18% |
| Researcher | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 11% |
| Unknown | 22 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 30% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 10% |
| Psychology | 12 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 20 | 14% |
| Unknown | 27 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. 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 07 June 2021.
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