Contextual barriers and motivators to adult male medical circumcision in Rakai, Uganda

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 795-804

  Ssekubugu, Robert ^a   Leontsini, Elli ^b   Wawer, Maria J ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Kigozi, Godfrey ^a   Kennedy, Caitlin E ^b   Nalugoda, Fred ^a   Sekamwa, Richard ^a   Wagman, Jennifer ^b   Gray, Ronald H ^b  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa, sub Saharan; focus groups; HIV AIDS prevention; interviews, semistructured; research, qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876812986     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313482189     Document Type: Article

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