Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  MacLaren, David ^a   Tommbe, Rachael ^b   Mafile'O, Tracie ^b   Manineng, Clement ^c   Fregonese, Federica ^d   Redman Maclaren, Michelle ^a   Wood, Michael ^a   Browne, Kelwyn ^e   Muller, Reinhold ^a,f   Kaldor, John ^g   McBride, William John ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Pacific Adventist University   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Divine Word University   (Papua New Guinea)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^f Tropical Health Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Beliefs; Circumferential Foreskin cut; Foreskin cutting; Foreskin cutting practices; HIV; Longitudinal Foreskin cut; Male circumcision; Papua New Guinea; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREPUCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORESKIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883630721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-818     Document Type: Article

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