| Title |
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Circumcision Self-Report and Physical Examination Findings in Lesotho
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0027561 |
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| Authors |
Anne Goldzier Thomas, Bonnie Robin Tran, Marcus Cranston, Malerato Cecilia Brown, Rajiv Kumar, Matsotetsi Tlelai |
| Abstract |
Overwhelming evidence, including three clinical trials, shows that male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of HIV infection among men. However, data from recent Lesotho Demographic and Health Surveys do not demonstrate MC to be protective against HIV. These contradictory findings could partially be due to inaccurate self-reported MC status used to estimate MC prevalence. This study describes MC characteristics among men applying for Lesotho Defence Force recruitment and seeks to assess MC self-reported accuracy through comparison with physical-examination-based data. |
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| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
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| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 63 | 94% |
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| Student > Master | 22 | 33% |
| Researcher | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 5 | 7% |
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| Social Sciences | 10 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 12% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 15% |
| Unknown | 8 | 12% |