Healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards medical male circumcision and their understandings of its partial efficacy in HIV prevention: Qualitative research in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Published in Int J Nurs Stud on August 01, 2015

Authors

Cecilia Milford1, Letitia Rambally2, Joanne E Mantell3, Elizabeth A Kelvin4, Nzwakie F Mosery2, Jennifer A Smit2

Author Affiliations

1: MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South Africa. Electronic address: cmilford@matchresearch.co.za.
2: MatCH Research (Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South Africa.
3: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA.
4: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA; CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA.

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