Increasing acceptability and uptake of voluntary male medical circumcision in Zambia: Implementing and disseminating an evidence-based intervention

Increasing acceptability and uptake of voluntary male medical circumcision in Zambia: Implementing and disseminating an evidence-based intervention

Abstract Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake in Africa could prevent 3.4 million HIV infections across a 10 year span. In Zambia, however, ∼80 per cent of uncircumcised men report no interest in undergoing VMMC. The Spear & Shield (S&S) intervention has been shown to be more ef...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arheart, K. (Author), Butts, S.A (Author), Chitalu, N. (Author), Jones, D.L (Author), Rodriguez, V.J (Author), Weiss, S.M (Author), Zulu, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018
Subjects:
adult
Adult
age
Article
attitude to health
circumcision
Circumcision, Male
decision making
education
ethnology
evidence based medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine
female
Female
health care facility
health care personnel
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
health personnel attitude
HIV
HIV Infections
HIV prevention
human
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Humans
Implementation science
Implementation Science
male
Male
middle aged
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
patient attitude
priority journal
procedures
professional burnout
program acceptability
program sustainability
self concept
Voluntary medical male circumcision
Zambia
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher

Internet

View Fulltext in Publisher

Similar Items