Male circumcision coverage, knowledge, and attitudes after 4-years of program scale-up in Rakai, Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 880-884

  Kong, Xiangrong ^a   Ssekasanvu, Joseph ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Lutalo, Tom ^b   Nalugoda, Fred ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Wawer, Maria ^a   Gray, Ronald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Demand creation; HIV prevention; Male circumcision; Reproductive health service underutilization in men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899623128     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0740-0     Document Type: Article

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