Factors Associated With Uptake Of Safe Male Circumcision Among Male Clients Aged 15-49 Years Attending The Outpatient Clinic At Mukono Church Of Uganda Hospital –mukono District .
Abstract
Back ground: Safe male circumcision is believed to be associated with reduced HIV
prevalence, yet it‟s uptake in Ugandan is still low. If well embraced and adopted widely, Safe
Male Circumcision (SMC) can reduce new HIV infections by 60% (WHO, 2013). The
purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing the uptake of Safe male
circumcision amongst males aged 15-49 years in outpatients‟ clinic at Mukono Church of
Uganda hospital, Mukono district.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study that was carried out 384 males aged 15-49 years.
Data on uptake of safe male circumcision and factors associated with its uptake was collected
using researcher-administered questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using Graph pad
prism 7 software and Pearson chi square tests were used to assess the relationship between
the socio demographic and personal factors with uptake of voluntary medical male
circumcision. All statistical tests were 2-tailed and P values less than 0.05 were considered
statistically significant.
Results: In this study, 159 (41.4%) of the respondents reported to have undertaken safe
male circumcision. Except religion, all the socio demographic factors had a statistically
significant relationship with uptake of safe male circumcision (P < 0.05). Among the
personal factors, awareness and perception about SMC significantly affected the uptake of
SMC, however distance from health facility never impacted on the uptake of SMC (P
=0.236).
Conclusions and recommendations: The uptake of SMC among the male clients was
relatively low. It is recommended that rigorous community awareness about SMC programs
should be done improve community knowledge and perceptions in order to scale up safe male
circumcision.
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