Personal Factors Affecting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision among Sexually Active Male Populations in Busia County, Kenya

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the personal factors that affect the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among the sexually active populations in Busia County, Kenya. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. The researcher targeted males enrolled in three government funded institutions (Bumbe Technical Institute, Nangina Youth Polytechnic and Namasali Youth Polytechnic) based in Funyula Sub-County which was chosen since the predominant community living in this area-the Samia, don't practice male circumcision. Simple random sampling technique was applied to select males who were issued with questionnaires and included in the final research sample. A total of 249 males participated in the research. The researcher was able to establish hat personal factors especially beliefs and attitudes of the Samia community affected the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision which has been rolled out by government and non-governmental institutions with the objective of reducing the HIV/AIDs infections in the country.

Assessment of Factors Affecting Utilization of Safe Male Circumcision among Males aged 15 to 49 years Living in Buremba Town Council, Kazo District. A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.

“…This is probably because there is a possibility that individual beliefs negatively impact their partake in SMC and also they may be lacking enough information on the outcomes of safe male circumcision. This study contradicts with the findings of a study conducted by Okumu, et al, (2018) on Personal factors affecting the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among the sexually active male population in Busia County, Kenya, out of 249 males that participated in the research more than half of the respondents at 51.8% agreed that sexual performance was affected if one undertook VMMC with 43.4% strongly agreeing and 8.4% simply agreeing.…”