Contextual Barriers and Motivators to Adult Male Medical Circumcision in Rakai, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorSsekubugu, Robert
dc.contributor.authorLeontsini, Elli
dc.contributor.authorWawer, Maria J.
dc.contributor.authorSerwadda, David
dc.contributor.authorKigozi, Godfrey
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Caitlin E.
dc.contributor.authorNalugoda, Fred
dc.contributor.authorSekamwa, Richard
dc.contributor.authorWagman, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorGray, Ronald H.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-08T19:43:45Z
dc.date.available2022-03-08T19:43:45Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractMedical male circumcision (MMC) is a central component of HIV prevention. In this study we examined barriers to and facilitators of MMC in Rakai, Uganda. Interviews and focus groups with MMC acceptors, decliners, and community members were collected and analyzed iteratively. Themes were developed based on immersion, repeated reading, sorting, and coding of data using grounded theory. Pain, medical complications, infertility, lack of empirical efficacy, waiting time before resumption of sex, and religion were identified as obstacles to MMC acceptance. Prevention and healing of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), access to HIV and other ancillary care, penile hygiene, and peer influence were key motivators. Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, partner influence, and sexual potency were both barriers and motivators. Individual and societal factors, such as pain and religion, might slow MMC scale up. Health benefits, such as HIV/STI prevention and penile hygiene, are essential in motivating men to accept MMC.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsekubugu, R., Leontsini, E., Wawer, M. J., Serwadda, D., Kigozi, G., Kennedy, C. E., ... & Gray, R. H. (2013). Contextual barriers and motivators to adult male medical circumcision in Rakai, Uganda. Qualitative health research, 23(6), 795-804. DOI: 10.1177/1049732313482189en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1177/1049732313482189
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2583
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherQualitative health researchen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectSub-Saharanen_US
dc.subjectFocus groupsen_US
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS preventionen_US
dc.subjectInterviewsen_US
dc.subjectSemistructureden_US
dc.subjectResearchen_US
dc.subjectQualitativeen_US
dc.titleContextual Barriers and Motivators to Adult Male Medical Circumcision in Rakai, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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