Identifying and addressing barriers to uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza, Kenya among men 18-35: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Evens, Emily ^a   Lanham, Michele ^a   Hart, Catherine ^a   Loolpapit, Mores ^b   Oguma, Isaac ^a   Obiero, Walter ^c,d  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NYANZA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SOCIETY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COST CONTROL; COUNSELING; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEAR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MONEY; PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; WOUND HEALING; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902532050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098221     Document Type: Article

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