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| Title |
A Kenyan newspaper analysis of the limitations of voluntary medical male circumcision and the importance of sustained condom use
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-465 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charlene N Muzyka, Laura H Thompson, Andrea E Bombak, S Michelle Driedger, Robert Lorway |
| Abstract |
Since the completion of three clinical trials indicating that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an effective method to reduce men's chances of acquiring HIV, use of the procedure has been advocated in Kenya. Media messages shape popular understandings of the benefits and limitations of male circumcision. The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate promotion messages in a popular online newspaper to determine how the limitations of male circumcision are represented, and whether condom use is still being promoted; and (2) gain insight into popular understandings of the limitations of this new procedure through newspaper reader comments. |
X Demographics
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% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| India | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
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 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Estonia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 69 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 21 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 31% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Materials Science | 2 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 22 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 15 January 2017.
All research outputs
#7,945,917
of 23,921,147 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#8,380
of 15,714 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#56,087
of 166,145 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#136
of 283 outputs
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