Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2016
Abstract
The World Health Organization has recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa; however, men are often uninterested in undergoing VMMC. The Spear & Shield project enrolled 668 men and female partners from ten Zambian community health centers into parallel interventions promoting VMMC for HIV prevention or time-matched control conditions. A mediation model was utilized to examine the relationships between changes in women’s acceptance of VMMC and men’s readiness to undergo the procedure. Results demonstrated that, at 12 months post-intervention, a 5.9 % increase in the likelihood of undergoing VMMC among men in the experimental condition could be attributed to increased women’s acceptance. From a public health perspective, involving women in VMMC promotion interventions such as the Spear & Shield project could significantly impact the demand for VMMC in Zambia.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Cook, R., Jones, D., Redding, C.A. et al. AIDS Behav (2016) 20: 2503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1079-x
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1079-x
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