"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": Women's Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania
"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": Women's Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania
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10.1371/journal.pone.0074391
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发表时间：
2013-08-29
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Kennedy, Caitlin E.
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作者：
Layer, Erica H.;Beckham, Sarah W.;Kennedy, Caitlin E.
虽然男性包皮环切术降低了女性对男性的艾滋病毒传播和某些性传播感染的风险，但几乎没有证据表明包皮环切术为妇女提供了预防艾滋病毒的直接保护。本研究采用定性的方法来评估妇女的看法男性包皮环切术在伊林加，坦桑尼亚。在这项研究中，女性有强烈的偏好，因为包皮环切术的男性艾滋病毒的低风险的看法，社会规范有利于包皮环切术的男性，并认为增加包皮环切术的男性的性欲望。男性包皮环切术的健康益处通常被夸大;许多答复者错误地认为，妇女也直接受到保护，免受艾滋病毒的侵害，而且在包皮环切术的男性中，所有性传播感染的风险都大大降低或消除。应扩大努力，让妇女了解男性包皮环切术的风险和局限性，以及好处，以便妇女能够准确评估她们在与接受包皮环切术的男子性交时感染艾滋病毒或性传播感染的风险。
While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV. This study used qualitative methods to assess women's perceptions of male circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. Women in this study had strong preferences for circumcised men because of the low risk perception of HIV with circumcised men, social norms favoring circumcised men, and perceived increased sexual desirability of circumcised men. The health benefits of male circumcision were generally overstated; many respondents falsely believed that women are also directly protected against HIV and that the risk of all STIs is greatly reduced or eliminated in circumcised men. Efforts to engage women about the risks and limitations of male circumcision, in addition to the benefits, should be expanded so that women can accurately assess their risk of HIV or STIs during sexual intercourse with circumcised men.