Acceptability of medical male circumcision among uncircumcised men in Kenya one year after the launch of the national male circumcision program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Herman Roloff, Amy ^a,b   Otieno, Nixon ^b   Agot, Kawango ^c   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah ^d   Bailey, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NYANZA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SOCIETY   (Kenya)

^c IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL VALUE; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79956066791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019814     Document Type: Article

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