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Women partners need more counselling on male
circumcision, Kenya.
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| Article Type: | Report |
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Circumcision
(Health aspects) HIV (Viruses) (Risk factors) HIV (Viruses) (Prevention) Health counseling (Usage) Health counseling (Influence) Disease transmission (Risk factors) Disease transmission (Prevention) |
| Pub Date: | 05/01/2012 |
| Publication: | Name: Reproductive Health Matters Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers Audience: General Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Family and marriage; Health; Women's issues/gender studies Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2012 Reproductive Health Matters ISSN: 0968-8080 |
| Issue: | Date: May, 2012 Source Volume: 20 Source Issue: 39 |
| Topic: | Canadian Subject Form: Health counselling; Health counselling |
| Geographic: | Geographic Scope: Kenya Geographic Code: 6KENY Kenya |
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| Accession Number: | 296571605 |
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A Kenyan study has found that more women than men feel HIV is a
less serious threat after their male partner has been circumcised. The
study assessed the impact of male circumcision on the sexual health,
attitudes and behaviour of 51 long-term female partners of recently
circumcised men, and matched their answers with that of their partners.
There was a high level of agreement between men and their partners on
male sexual function after circumcision and on circumcision beliefs. Ali
female participants reported being pleased with their partner's
decision to become circumcised, and all women were happy with their
partner's sexual performance after circumcision. 91% of women found
sex more enjoyable after the circumcision. There was a significant
difference between men and women on perceived risk of HIV transmission:
51% of men and 76% of women felt that HIV was less of a threat, and 4%
of men compared to 51% of women felt that condom use was less necessary.
A greater number of women than men said after circumcision they were
more likely to have more than one sexual partner (22% of women compared
to 2% of men and 2% of couples interviewed together) and to have sex
without a condom (28% of women against 2% of men and 2% of couples).
Alongside the successful HIV risk compensation education interventions
for men undergoing circumcision, there is an urgent need to educate
women about the fact that male circumcision provides men with only
partial protection and that they themselves still need protection. (1)
Since 2008, more than 350,000 men have been circumcised in Nyanza
province alone, and the government aims to circumcise 1.1 million men by
2013. (2) (1.) Okeyo T, Westercamp N, Bailey R, et al. Perceptions on circumcision among female partners of recently circumcised men in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Abstract WEPE096. 16th lnternational Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, Addis Ababa, December 2011. (2.) Kenya: Male circumcision--women need counselling too. IRIN PlusNews, 23 January 2012. Doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(12)39622-5 |
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