Acceptability of male circumcision among adolescent boys and their parents, Botswana

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-349

  Jayeoba, Oluwemimo ^a   Dryden Peterson, Scott ^a,c   Okui, Lillian ^a   Smeaton, Laura ^b   Magetse, Jane ^a   Makori, Lillian ^a   Modikwa, Venice ^a   Mogodi, Mpho ^d   Plank, Rebeca ^a,b,c   Lockman, Shahin ^a,b,c  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Adolescent boys; Botswana; HIV AIDS prevention; Male circumcision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BOTSWANA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84859712409     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9929-7     Document Type: Article

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