Impediments for the Uptake of the Botswana Government's Male Circumcision Initiative for HIV Prevention
| Autor: | Mabel Magowe, Motshedisi B. Sabone, Janet Mwambona, Benjamin Binagwa, Lesego Busang, Jonathan Moalosi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject Cross-sectional study Population Prevalence lcsh:Medicine Developing country HIV Infections Qualitative property lcsh:Technology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Interviews as Topic Sex Factors Humans Medicine lcsh:Science education General Environmental Science Gynecology education.field_of_study Government Botswana lcsh:T business.industry lcsh:R Age Factors General Medicine Focus Groups Patient Acceptance of Health Care Focus group Cross-Sectional Studies Circumcision Male Family medicine Communicable Disease Control Female lcsh:Q business Research Article Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | The Scientific World Journal, Vol 2013 (2013) The Scientific World Journal |
| ISSN: | 1537-744X |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2013/387508 |
| Popis: | Botswana remains one of the countries with high prevalence of HIV infection with a population prevalence rate of 17.6 in 2008. In 2009, the Ministry of Health launched male circumcision as an additional strategy to the already existing HIV preventive efforts. The purpose of this paper is to share what the participants of a survey to evaluate a short-term male circumcision communication strategy in seven health districts of Botswana reported as impediments for the program's uptake. Qualitative data were obtained from 32 key informants and 36 focus group discussions in 2011. Content analysis method was used to analyze data and to derive themes and subthemes. Although male circumcision was generally acceptable to communities in Botswana, the uptake of the program was slow, and participants attributed that to a number of challenges or impediments that were frustrating the initiative. The impediments were organized into sociocultural factors, knowledge/informational factors, and infrastructural and system factors. |
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