Prevalence and Predictors of Uncircumcised, Kenyan Men’s Desire for Circumcision for Their Infant Sons
| Autor: | F. Parker Hudson, Samwel Rao, Harsha Thirumurthy, Kawango Agot, William C. Miller |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Kenya medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making HIV Infections Intention Altruism Article Nuclear Family Fathers Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Poisson regression Hiv acquisition media_common 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Gender studies Middle Aged Hiv prevalence Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases Circumcision Male Male circumcision symbols 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 22:471-478 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| Popis: | Men are key decision makers for their son’s circumcision, so understanding their attitudes and beliefs is important for assessing uptake of early infant male circumcision in countries in sub-Saharan Africa that have high HIV prevalence. We analyzed men’s preferences for circumcising their sons using data from a population-representative survey of 1,501 uncircumcised Kenyan men aged 25–49 years. Most men (59%) reported they would “definitely” want their son circumcised when asked about a hypothetical scenario of having a son born in the year of the survey. However, only 25% reported a similar desire to become circumcised themselves. In multivariable Poisson regression models to estimate prevalence ratios, key predictors of the desire to circumcise their sons included knowledge that circumcision reduces HIV acquisition, having a supportive partner, discussing circumcision with the partner, altruism, and intention of the man to be circumcised himself. Focusing on the above partner dynamics likely has the greatest capacity to increase demand, since 55% had not talked to their partner about circumcision. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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