What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15333879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dorica Boyee (0000-0002-2549-9464, corresponding author), Erin Peacock (Tulane University), Marya Plotkin (0000-0002-7861-5369), Augustino Hellar (0000-0002-5095-1483), Hally Mahler, Elizabeth Edouard, Renatus Kisendi (Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children), Erick Mlanga, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli (0000-0001-5370-4827, United States Agency for International Development), Katherine Andrinopoulos (Tulane University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1383-1393 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS and Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1090-7165 • E-ISSN: 1573-3254 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-016-1515-6 |
| PMID | 27557986 |
| OpenAlex | W2512255885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
Uncircumcised adolescent males in sub-Saharan Africa are an important group to reach with voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services due to high HIV burden occurring among this age group. Appropriateness of the content and delivery of sexual health and HIV prevention messages to adolescent VMMC clients has not been extensively described. A study was conducted in Tanzania to examine quality, delivery and content of messages provided to adolescent (aged 15-19) and adult (aged 20+) VMMC clients (n = 320). Results show that counseling of mixed age groups during group education lacked selected key messages, compared to more age-homogeneous groups. Additionally, adolescents received more comprehensive information in individual counseling compared to group education. We recommend that health care providers are provided with skills and job aides to assist them to segment VMMC clients by age; provide age-appropriate messages; and increase use of individual counseling as a means to communicate with adolescent clients
Adolescent health · Family medicine · Health psychology · Observational study · Public health · Tanzania · Turnover · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Genital Health and Disease · Medicine · Nursing
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |