Association of Male Circumcision with Women’s Knowledge of its Biomedical Effects and With Their Sexual Satisfaction and Function: A Systematic Review

Male circumcision (MC) is a key HIV prevention intervention for men in countries with high HIV prevalence. Women’s understanding of MC is important but poorly understood. We conducted a systematic review including women’s knowledge of MC’s biomedical impacts and its association with female sexual sa...

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Autores principales: Grund, Jonathan M., Bryant, Tyler S., Toledo, Carlos, Jackson, Inimfon, Curran, Kelly, Zhou, Sheng, del Campo, Jorge Martin, Yang, Ling, Kivumbi, Apollo, Li, Peizi, Bock, Naomi, Taliano, Joanna, Davis, Stephanie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30357642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2313-0
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Sumario:Male circumcision (MC) is a key HIV prevention intervention for men in countries with high HIV prevalence. Women’s understanding of MC is important but poorly understood. We conducted a systematic review including women’s knowledge of MC’s biomedical impacts and its association with female sexual satisfaction and function through October 2017. Thirty-eight articles were identified: thirty-two with knowledge outcomes, seven with sexual satisfaction, and four with sexual function (N = 38). Respondent proportions aware MC protects men from HIV were 9.84–91.8% (median 60.0%). Proportions aware MC protects men from STIs were 14.3–100% (72.6%). Proportions aware MC partially protects men from HIV were 37.5–82% (50.7%). Proportions aware MC is not proven to protect women from infection by an HIV-positive partner were 90.0–96.8% (93.0%). No increases over time were noted. Women’s MC knowledge is variable. Education could help women support MC and make better-informed sexual decisions. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s10461-018-2313-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.