| Title |
Implementation of Adolescent-Friendly Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Using a School Based Recruitment Program in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0096468 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carl Montague, Nelisiwe Ngcobo, Gethwana Mahlase, Janet Frohlich, Cheryl Pillay, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Hilton Humphries, Rachael Dellar, Kogieleum Naidoo, Quarraisha Abdool Karim |
| Abstract |
Epidemiological data from South Africa demonstrate that risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in males increases dramatically after adolescence. Targeting adolescent HIV-negative males may be an efficient and cost-effective means of maximising the established HIV prevention benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in high HIV prevalence-, low circumcision practice-settings. This study assessed the feasibility of recruiting male high school students for VMMC in such a setting in rural KwaZulu-Natal. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 3 | 23% |
| South Africa | 2 | 15% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 46% |
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| Members of the public | 12 | 92% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
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| Unknown | 141 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 39 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 18% |
| Researcher | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 10% |
| Unknown | 22 | 16% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 30% |
| Social Sciences | 22 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 10% |
| Psychology | 12 | 9% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 13% |
| Unknown | 27 | 19% |