Low acceptability of medical male circumcision as an HIV/AIDS prevention intervention within a South African community that practises traditional circumcision

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 571-573

  Mark, Daniella ^a   Middelkoop, Keren ^a   Black, Samantha ^a   Roux, Surita ^a   Fleurs, Llewellyn ^a   Wood, Robin ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL HEALER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; NEGRO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865118073     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5477     Document Type: Article

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