1. Association of Male Circumcision with Women’s Knowledge of its Biomedical Effects and With Their Sexual Satisfaction and Function: A Systematic Review
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Apollo Kivumbi, Naomi Bock, Peizi Li, Carlos Toledo, Ling Yang, Jonathan M Grund, Stephanie M. Davis, Sheng Zhou, Tyler S Bryant, Inimfon Jackson, Kelly Curran, Joanna Taliano, and Jorge Martin Del Campo
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Sexual satisfaction ,Social Psychology ,Sexual function ,Apollo ,MEDLINE ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Women ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Association (psychology) ,Original Paper ,030505 public health ,biology ,Curran ,Published Erratum ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Gender studies ,biology.organism_classification ,Health psychology ,Infectious Diseases ,Knowledge ,Male circumcision ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology - Abstract
Male circumcision (MC) is a key HIV prevention intervention for men in countries with high HIV prevalence. Women’s understanding of MC is important but poorly understood. We conducted a systematic review including women’s knowledge of MC’s biomedical impacts and its association with female sexual satisfaction and function through October 2017. Thirty-eight articles were identified: thirty-two with knowledge outcomes, seven with sexual satisfaction, and four with sexual function (N = 38). Respondent proportions aware MC protects men from HIV were 9.84–91.8% (median 60.0%). Proportions aware MC protects men from STIs were 14.3–100% (72.6%). Proportions aware MC partially protects men from HIV were 37.5–82% (50.7%). Proportions aware MC is not proven to protect women from infection by an HIV-positive partner were 90.0–96.8% (93.0%). No increases over time were noted. Women’s MC knowledge is variable. Education could help women support MC and make better-informed sexual decisions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10461-018-2313-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2018