Messaging circumstances and economic pressures as influences on linkage to medical male circumcision following community-based HIV testing for men in rural southwest Uganda: a qualitative study
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Voluntary medical male circumcision (MMC) reduces risk of HIV infection, but uptake remains sub optimal among certain age groups and locations in sub-Saharan Africa. We analysed qualitative data as part of the Linkages Study, a randomized controlled trial to evaluate community-based HIV testing and follow-up as interventions promoting linkage to HIV treatment and prevention in Uganda and South Africa. Fifty-two HIV-negative uncircumcised men participated in the qualitative study. They participated in semistructured individual interviews exploring (a) home HTC experience; (b) responses to test results; (c) efforts to access circumcision services; (d) outcomes of efforts; (e) experiences of follow-up support; and (f) local HIV education and support. Interviews were audio-recorded, translated, transcribed, and summarized into linkage summaries.
DOI: 10.14749/32381880
Author: Human Sciences Research Council
Language: English
Topic: Genital Health and Disease
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W7162201539
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