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“After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania
While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV. This study used qualitative methods to assess women’s perceptions of male circ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074391 |
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author | Layer, Erica H. Beckham, Sarah W. Mgeni, Lilian Shembilu, Catherine Momburi, Romani B. Kennedy, Caitlin E. |
author_facet | Layer, Erica H. Beckham, Sarah W. Mgeni, Lilian Shembilu, Catherine Momburi, Romani B. Kennedy, Caitlin E. |
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description | While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV. This study used qualitative methods to assess women’s perceptions of male circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. Women in this study had strong preferences for circumcised men because of the low risk perception of HIV with circumcised men, social norms favoring circumcised men, and perceived increased sexual desirability of circumcised men. The health benefits of male circumcision were generally overstated; many respondents falsely believed that women are also directly protected against HIV and that the risk of all STIs is greatly reduced or eliminated in circumcised men. Efforts to engage women about the risks and limitations of male circumcision, in addition to the benefits, should be expanded so that women can accurately assess their risk of HIV or STIs during sexual intercourse with circumcised men. |
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spelling | pubmed-37569602013-09-05 “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania Layer, Erica H. Beckham, Sarah W. Mgeni, Lilian Shembilu, Catherine Momburi, Romani B. Kennedy, Caitlin E. PLoS One Research Article While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV. This study used qualitative methods to assess women’s perceptions of male circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. Women in this study had strong preferences for circumcised men because of the low risk perception of HIV with circumcised men, social norms favoring circumcised men, and perceived increased sexual desirability of circumcised men. The health benefits of male circumcision were generally overstated; many respondents falsely believed that women are also directly protected against HIV and that the risk of all STIs is greatly reduced or eliminated in circumcised men. Efforts to engage women about the risks and limitations of male circumcision, in addition to the benefits, should be expanded so that women can accurately assess their risk of HIV or STIs during sexual intercourse with circumcised men. Public Library of Science 2013-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3756960/ /pubmed/24009771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074391 Text en © 2013 Layer et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Layer, Erica H. Beckham, Sarah W. Mgeni, Lilian Shembilu, Catherine Momburi, Romani B. Kennedy, Caitlin E. “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title | “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title_full | “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title_fullStr | “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title_full_unstemmed | “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title_short | “After my husband’s circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases”: Women’s Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania |
title_sort | “after my husband’s circumcision, i know that i am safe from diseases”: women’s attitudes and risk perceptions towards male circumcision in iringa, tanzania |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3756960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074391 |
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