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Acceptability of male circumcision and predictors of circumcision preference among men and women in Nyanza Province, Kenya

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Pages 182-194 | Published online: 27 Sep 2010

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Jacob Onyango, Marylyn Ochillo, Eunice Omanga, Ohaga Spala, Gift-Noelle Wango, Edwin Lwanya & Kawango Agot. (2023) Early infant male circumcision: Potential for changing adverse gender norms associated with traditional male circumcision among circumcising communities in Kenya. African Journal of AIDS Research 22:2, pages 136-144.
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Paul J. Fleming, Clare Barrington, Lisa D. Pearce, Leonel Lerebours, Yeycy Donastorg & Maximo O. Brito. (2017) “I Feel Like More of a Man”: A Mixed Methods Study of Masculinity, Sexual Performance, and Circumcision for HIV Prevention. The Journal of Sex Research 54:1, pages 42-54.
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Stanzia Moyo, Marvellous Mhloyi, Tafadzwa Chevo & Oswell Rusinga. (2015) Men's attitudes: A hindrance to the demand for voluntary medical male circumcision – A qualitative study in rural Mhondoro-Ngezi, Zimbabwe. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 708-720.
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Charles Maibvise & Thandisizwe R Mavundla. (2014) Reasons for the low uptake of adult male circumcision for the prevention of HIV transmission in Swaziland. African Journal of AIDS Research 13:3, pages 281-289.
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Matthew Westercamp, KawangoE. Agot, Jeckoniah Ndinya-Achola & RobertC. Bailey. (2012) Circumcision preference among women and uncircumcised men prior to scale-up of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kisumu, Kenya. AIDS Care 24:2, pages 157-166.
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