Acceptability of infant male circumcision as part of HIV prevention and male reproductive health efforts in gaborone, botswana, and surrounding areas

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1198-1202

  Plank, Rebeca M ^a,b,c   Makhema, Joseph ^b   Kebaabetswe, Poloko ^d   Hussein, Fatima ^e   Lesetedi, Chiapo ^e,f   Halperin, Daniel ^c   Bassil, Barbara ^g   Shapiro, Roger ^b,c,h   Lockman, Shahin ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^f PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^g Department of Global Health and Population Harvard School of Public Health ^*

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Botswana; HIV; Infant; Male circumcision; Neonatal; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTSWANA; CIRCUMCISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOTSWANA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952109208     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9632-0     Document Type: Article

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