Acceptability of male circumcision for prevention of HIV infection among men and women in Uganda

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1578-1585

  Albert, Lisa M ^a,b   Akol, Angela ^c   L'Engle, Kelly ^a   Tolley, Elizabeth E ^a   Ramirez, Catalina B ^a,b   Opio, Alex ^d   Tumwesigye, Nazarius M ^e   Thomsen, Sarah ^f   Neema, Stella ^e   Baine, Sebastian O ^e  

^a Behavioral and Social Science Research   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceptability; HIV; Infant circumcision; Male circumcision; Prevention; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855643900     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.579939     Document Type: Article

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