Acceptability of early infant male circumcision as an hiv prevention intervention in zimbabwe: A qualitative perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mavhu, Webster ^a,d   Hatzold, Karin ^b   Laver, Susan M ^c   Sherman, Judith ^c   Tengende, Brenda R ^a   Mangenah, Collin ^a   Langhaug, Lisa F ^d   Hart, Graham ^d   Cowan, Frances M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TABOO; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84857518015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032475     Document Type: Article

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