- Title
- Exploration of the factors influencing the upscaling of medical male circumcision targets in selected hospitals in eThekwini District, South Africa
- Creator
- Tshabalala, Sandile Clement
- Subject
- Circumcision
- Date
- 2022-03
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/22005
- Identifier
- vital:51930
- Description
- Medical male circumcision has been shown to reduce female to male HIV transmission. This study was designed to examine the underlying factors responsible for, or influencing, the inability of the health care system to achieve the MMC targets in selected hospitals in KZN. The objective of this study to was explore the challenges that lead to failure of the government to meet set targets, regarding the implementation of the MMC programme in the province of KZN, as perceived by the health care workers. Methodology A mixed quantitative and qualitative study where 150 questionnaires were used and in-depth open-ended interviews were conducted. Participants were from Clairwood and Wentworth hospitals in the district of eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Eighteen healthcare workers (nurse managers, doctors, nurses and counsellors) were purposively selected from the two hospitals. Results Findings showed that poor marketing of MMC, in line with the cultural and religious inclination of the catchment populations, had an effect on the targets. The fear of pain by the male clients came out as the biggest factor followed by the fear of having an HIV test done. The six weeks healing period before indulgence in sexual intercourse had a part to play in the reluctance of clients to do MMC. Some clients feared losing the ability to have an erection post MMC and would therefore not come for MMC. Other contributory factors for failure to reach targets included shortage of staff, poor mobilisation by the staff due to lack of training on how to mobilise and how to market MMC, lack of availability of mobilisation and marketing resources, inadequate and inequitable allocated of resources. Other factors include, lack of incentives for staff to stay in the programme or even within the Department, lack of training, cultural and religious beliefs in the community. The staff also felt that the MMC targets were too high. Notwithstanding, the staff members were willing to learn how to market MMC and to mobilise clients. Clients and community education on the importance of MMC and the combination of this process with good sexual behaviour would improve MMC uptake and reduce HIV prevalence and the incidence. Conclusions The fear of pain, fear to do HIV test and the fear to loose erection were the most prominent reasons why the males would not come for MMC procedure.
- Description
- Thesis (MPH) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, Public Health, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (x, 56 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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