Sexual Risk Behaviours and Willingness to Be Circumcised among Uncircumcised Adult XXXX in Uganda.

@entity1 @entity3930 @entity645 @entity458 @entity6765
BACKGROUND: There has been substantial demand for @entity3930 ( @entity3930 ) in Uganda in the early programme scale-up phase. Research indicates that early adopters of new interventions often differ from later adopters in relation to a range of behaviours. However, there is limited knowledge about the risk profile of @entity1 who were willing to be circumcised at the time of launching the @entity3930 programme, i.e., potential early adopters, compared to those who were reluctant. The aim of this study was to address this gap to provide indications on whether it is likely that potential early adopters of male circumcision were more in need of this new prevention measure than others. METHODS: Data were from the 2011 Uganda AIDS Indictor Survey (UAIS), with a nationally representative sample of @entity1 15 to 59 years. The analysis was based on generalized linear models, obtaining prevalence risk ratios (PRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) as measures of association between willingness to be circumcised and multiple sexual partners, transactional sex, non-marital sex and non-use of condoms at last non-marital sex. RESULTS: Of the 5,776 @entity1 in the survey, 44% expressed willingness to be circumcised. Willingness to be circumcised was higher among the younger, urban and educated @entity1 . In the unadjusted analyses, all the @entity458 were associated with willingness to be circumcised, while in the adjusted analysis, non-marital sex (Adj @entity6765 .27; CI: 1.16-1.40) and non-use of condoms at last such sex (Adj @entity6765 .18; CI: 1.07-1.29) were associated with higher willingness to be circumcised. CONCLUSION: Willingness to be circumcised was relatively high at the launch of the @entity3930 programme and was more common among uncircumcised @entity1 reporting @entity458 . This indicates that the early adopters of @entity3930 were likely to be in particular need of such additional @entity645 protective measures.
