Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV infection in Malawi

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-385

  Ngalande, Rebecca C ^a   Levy, Judith ^b   Kapondo, Chrissie P N ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Africa; HIV 1; Malawi; Male circumcision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MALE; MOSLEM; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33746795367     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9076-8     Document Type: Article

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