Results 41 to 50 of about 33,078 (204)

Circumcision and the Oppression of the Medical Colonizer

open access: yesCritical Social Work, 2018
This article provides a critical reflection of medical circumcision on baby boys in western society. Employing a critical deconstruction of the circumcision practice, this writer explores his own circumcision as an experience of personal, cultural, and ...
Anonymous contributor
doaj   +1 more source

The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Medical male circumcision and risk compensation [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2021
Max, Fish   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Applying Anthropology to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we review how anthropologies from various subdisciplines, from social to evolutionary anthropology, are contributing to our understanding of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). We focus on four key questions: What are the origins of FGM/C? What functions and meanings are linked to FGM/C?
Hannelore Van Bavel, Mhairi A. Gibson
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Training and Implementation of the Pollock Technique, a Safe, Effective Newborn Circumcision Procedure, in a Low-Resource Setting

open access: yesGlobal Pediatric Health, 2015
Male circumcision is highly protective against urinary tract infections, inflammatory conditions of the penis, sexually transmitted infections, and urogenital cancers.
Noah Kojima BS   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Youth Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as a tool to fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work Practice [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as a feasible tool to increase HIV/AIDS response needs to be validated and advocated to especially its adherents who, from time immemorial, hold to the fact that its goal has been to achieve some socio-cultural goal ...
Simon Murote Kang’ethe
doaj   +1 more source

Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day‐case surgery (POPPY): baseline data from day surgery practice in the UK

open access: yesAnaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Most patients undergoing elective surgery in the UK are discharged from hospital on the same day. Despite this, there is a lack of UK patient‐centred outcome measures relating to quality of recovery, pain and analgesic use. The POPPY study was a UK‐wide prospective, observational study measuring short‐ and longer‐term patient ...
Martha Belete   +2177 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors contributing to the low uptake of medical male circumcision in Mutare Rural District, Zimbabwe

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016
Background: Medical male circumcision (MMC) has become a significant dimension of HIV prevention interventions, after the results of three randomised controlled trials in Uganda, South Africa and Kenya demonstrated that circumcision has a protective ...
Irene O. Chiringa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urosepsis and postrenal acute renal failure in a neonate following circumcision with Plastibell device [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Pediatrics, 2015
Plastibell is one of the three most common devices used for neonatal circumcision in the United States, with a complication rate as low as 1.8%. The Plastibell circumcision device is commonly used under local anesthesia for religious circumcision in male
Meena Kalyanaraman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Female Condoms into HIV Prevention Programs: A Case Study of Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Opportunities in Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Female condoms are an important option for dual protection from unintended pregnancy and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, especially when male condoms cannot be used.

core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy