Acceptability of Male Circumcision among College Students in Medical Universities in Western China: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male circumcision (MC) has been shown to reduce the risk of female to male transmission of HIV. The goal of this survey was to explore MC's acceptability and the factors associated with MC among college students in medical universities in western China.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out in three provinces in western China (Guangxi, Chongqing and Xinjiang) to assess the acceptability of MC as well as to discover factors associated with the acceptability among college students in medical universities. A total of 1,790 uncircumcised male students from three medical universities were enrolled in this study. In addition, 150 students who had undergone MC were also enrolled in the survey, and they participated in in-depth interviews.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4577094 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature