Are circumcised men safer sex partners? Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The real-world association between male circumcision and HIV status has important implications for policy and intervention practice. For instance, women may assume that circumcised men are safer sex partners than non-circumcised men and adjust sexual partnering and behavior according to these beliefs. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is highly efficacious in preventing HIV acquisition in men and this biological efficacy should lead to a negative association between circumcision and HIV. However, behavioral factors such as differential selection into circumcision based on current HIV status or factors associated with future HIV status could reverse the association. Here, we examine how HIV prevalence differs by circumcision status in older adult men in a rural

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070310 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature