Barriers and motivators to voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among different age groups of men in Zimbabwe: Results from a mixed methods study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hatzold, Karin ^a   Mavhu, Webster ^b,c   Jasi, Phineas ^a   Chatora, Kumbirai ^a   Cowan, Frances M ^b,c   Taruberekera, Noah ^a   Mugurungi, Owen ^d   Ahanda, Kim ^e   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^e  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV AIDS RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNICITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; ZIMBABWE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84900406100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085051     Document Type: Article

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