‘The body we leave behind’: a qualitative study of obstacles and opportunities for increasing uptake of male circumcision among Tanzanian Christians (Record no. 19926)
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| Personal name | Jennifer A Downs |
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| Title | ‘The body we leave behind’: a qualitative study of obstacles and opportunities for increasing uptake of male circumcision among Tanzanian Christians |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mwanza, Tanzania: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | British Medical Journal Publishing Group & |
| -- | Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013/1/1 |
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| Summary, etc. | Abstract:<br/><br/>Objectives: Male circumcision (MC) reduces HIV infection by approximately 60% among heterosexual men and is recommended by the WHO for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. In northwest Tanzania, over 60% of Muslims but less than 25% of Christian men are circumcised. We hypothesised that the decision to circumcise may be heavily influenced by religious identity and that specific religious beliefs may offer both obstacles and opportunities to increasing MC uptake, and conducted focus group discussions to explore reasons for low rates of MC among Christian church attenders in the region.<br/><br/>Design: Qualitative study using focus group discussions and interpretative phenomenological analysis.<br/><br/>Setting: Discussions took place at churches in both rural and urban areas of the Mwanza region of northwest Tanzania.<br/><br/>Participants: We included 67 adult Christian churchgoers of both genders in a total of 10 single-gender focus groups.<br/><br/>Results: Christians frequently reported perceiving MC as a Muslim practice, as a practice for the sexually promiscuous, or as unnecessary since they are taught to focus on ‘circumcision of the heart’. Only one person had ever heard MC discussed at church, but nearly all Christian parishioners were eager for their churches to address MC and felt that MC could be consistent with their faith.<br/><br/>Conclusions: Christian religious beliefs among Tanzanian churchgoers provide both obstacles and opportunities for increasing uptake of MC. Since half of adults in sub-Saharan Africa identify themselves as Christians, addressing these issues is critical for MC efforts in this region.<br/> |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002802">http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002802</a> |
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