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Volume 15, 2007 - Issue 29: Male circumcision for HIV prevention / Taking on the opposition
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“Just a Snip”?: A Social History of Male Circumcision

Pages 15-21 | Published online: 17 May 2007

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Larissa Remennick. (2022) Joining the tribe: adult circumcision among immigrant men in Israel and its traumatic aftermath. Culture, Health & Sexuality 24:5, pages 702-716.
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Martin Mbonye, Monica Kuteesa, Janet Seeley, Jonathan Levin, Helen Weiss & Anatoli Kamali. (2016) Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in fishing communities in Uganda: the influence of local beliefs and practice. African Journal of AIDS Research 15:3, pages 211-218.
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Nicola L. Bulled. (2015) Social models of HIV risk among young adults in Lesotho. African Journal of AIDS Research 14:3, pages 239-254.
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Masego Katisi & Marguerite Daniel. (2015) Safe male circumcision in Botswana: Tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 739-756.
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Alain Giami, Christophe Perrey, André Luiz de Oliveira Mendonça & Kenneth Rochel de Camargo. (2015) Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 589-606.
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Richard G. Wamai, Brian J. Morris, Robert C. Bailey, Jeffrey D. Klausner & Mackenzie N. Boedicker. (2015) Male circumcision for protection against HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: The evidence in favour justifies the implementation now in progress. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 639-666.
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Kirsten Bell. (2015) HIV prevention: Making male circumcision the ‘right’ tool for the job. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 552-572.
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Elisabeth H. Punzi. (2014) Freud's Jewish identity, circumcision, and the theory of castration anxiety: problem or pride?. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 17:10, pages 967-976.
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Paul Mkandawire, Jenna Dixon, Isaac Luginaah, Frederick Armah & Godwin Arku. (2014) ‘At risk by fact of birth’: perceptions and concerns about medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in northern Malawi. Health, Risk & Society 16:4, pages 295-307.
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Genaro Castro-Vázquez. (2013) Paediatric male circumcision and penile hygiene: a Japanese mothers’ view. Anthropology & Medicine 20:3, pages 299-310.
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Genaro Castro-Vázquez. (2013) Sexuality, gender or hygiene: urologists and plastic surgeons discussing male circumcision in Japan. Critical Public Health 23:4, pages 482-497.
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Genaro Castro-Vázquez. (2013) Gender, pride and medical circumcision in contemporary Japan. Culture, Health & Sexuality 15:1, pages 101-113.
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Gerry Mshana, Mwita Wambura, Joseph Mwanga, Jacklin Mosha, Frank Mosha & John Changalucha. (2011) Traditional male circumcision practices among the Kurya of North-eastern Tanzania and implications for national programmes. AIDS Care 23:9, pages 1111-1116.
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Margaret Kabare & Jeremy Northcote. (2023) The Importance of Context for Determining Causal Mechanisms in Program Evaluation: The Case of Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Among the Luo in Western Kenya. American Journal of Evaluation 44:2, pages 221-235.
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Gregorius Abanit Asa, Nelsensius Klau Fauk & Paul Russell Ward. (2023) Traditional male circumcision and the risk for HIV transmission among men: a systematic review. BMJ Open 13:5, pages e072118.
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Michel Garenne. (2022) HIV prevention in Africa: is VMMC useful and acceptable?. International Journal of Impotence Research 35:3, pages 279-281.
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Mbuyiselo Douglas & Charles Hongoro. (2016) The Consideration of Socioeconomic Determinants in Prevention of Traditional Male Circumcision Deaths and Complications. American Journal of Men's Health 12:3, pages 597-607.
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