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| Title |
Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-818 |
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| Authors |
David MacLaren, Rachael Tommbe, Tracie Mafile’o, Clement Manineng, Federica Fregonese, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Michael Wood, Kelwyn Browne, Reinhold Muller, John Kaldor, William John McBride |
| Abstract |
Male circumcision (MC) reduces HIV acquisition and is a key public health intervention in settings with high HIV prevalence, heterosexual transmission and low MC rates. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), where HIV prevalence is 0.8%, there is no medical MC program for HIV prevention. There are however many different foreskin cutting practices across the country's 800 language groups. The major form exposes the glans but does not remove the foreskin. This study aimed to describe and quantify foreskin cutting styles, practices and beliefs. It also aimed to assess the acceptability of MC for HIV prevention in PNG. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 91 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 14% |
| Researcher | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 17% |
| Unknown | 28 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 30 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 August 2020.
All research outputs
#5,304,519
of 25,918,104 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#6,263
of 17,846 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#43,606
of 213,469 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#115
of 312 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,918,104 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 79th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 17,846 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 14.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 64% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 312 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its contemporaries.