Factors that influence uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision services at Nakivale HC III. A cross-sectional study.
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Uptake of voluntary medical services, male circumcision, Nakivale Health Centre IIIAbstract
Background
The global male circumcision prevalence is estimated at 37–39 % of men globally are circumcised, of which close to half of the circumcisions are for religious and cultural reasons. The study aims to determine the factors that influence the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision services at Nakivale HC III.
Methodology
A cross-sectional study employing quantitative measures. The study involved adult males who attended healthcare services at Nakivale Health Center III, aged 15 to 50 years. The data was exported to the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software for analysis. Data were analyzed using percentages and frequencies for univariate analysis and the Chi-square test for bivariate analysis.
Results
Most of the participants were students 39(28.3%) and the least was unemployed 16(11.6%).75(54.3%) were influenced by their spouse to take up safe male circumcision 75(54.3%). 62(44.9%) covered more than 5 km from home to the hospital, while the least covered less than 5 km, 58(42.0%). The majority of the participants indicated that fear of delayed wound healing was the main barrier to safe male circumcision (34.1%). .71(51.4%) of the participants indicated that there is enough privacy at the public health facility. 70(50.7%) indicated that the health facility provided information about Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision. 55(39.9%) indicated that the duration taken to be attended to at the health facility was between 1 and 3 hours.
Conclusion
The major influential factors to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision were the advice of Spouses, fear of delayed wound healing, privacy of clients, and duration taken to be attended to at the health facility.
Recommendations
Both Government and private medical facilities should be well-staffed with experienced professionals and equipment to boost the uptake of medical male circumcision.
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