“If you are circumcised, you are the best”: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

dc.contributor.authorHumphries, Hilton
dc.contributor.authorvan Rooyen, Heidi
dc.contributor.authorKnight, Lucia
dc.contributor.authorBarnabas, Ruane
dc.contributor.authorCelum, Connie
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-24T07:23:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-24T07:23:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWhile the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is increasing, South Africa has only attained 20% of its target to circumcise 80% of adult men by 2015. Understanding the factors influencing uptake is essential to meeting these targets. This qualitative study reports on findings from focus-group discussions with men in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about what factors influence their perceptions of VMMC. The study found that VMMC is linked to perceptions of masculinity and male gender identity including sexual health, sexual performance and pleasure, possible risk compensation and self-identity. Findings highlight the need to understand how these perceptions of sexual health and performance affect men’s decisions to undergo circumcision and the implications for uptake of VMMC. The study also highlights the need for individualised and contextualised information and counselling that can identify, understand and address the perceptions men have of VMMC, and the impacts they believe it will have on them.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHumphries, H. et al. (2015). ‘If you are circumcised, you are the best’: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, SouthAfrica, Culture, Health & Sexuality, 17:7, 920 - 931
dc.identifier.issn1464-5351
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2878
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2014.992045
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.rightsThis is the author final version of the published article available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2014.992045
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectVoluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC)en_US
dc.subjectMasculinityen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionsen_US
dc.subjectRisk compensationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.title“If you are circumcised, you are the best”: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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