1. The Relationship Between Distance and Post-operative Visit Attendance Following Medical Male Circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
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Golub, Ginger, Herman-Roloff, Amy, Hoffman, Susie, Jaoko, Walter, and Bailey, Robert
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AGE distribution ,CIRCUMCISION ,HEALTH facilities ,MEDICAL appointments ,POSTOPERATIVE care ,TRAVEL ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
To date, there is no research on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) catchment areas or the relationship between distance to a VMMC facility and attendance at a post-operative follow-up visit. We analyzed data from a randomly selected subset of males self-seeking circumcision at one of 16 participating facilities in Nyanza Province, Kenya between 2008 and 2010. Among 1437 participants, 46.7 % attended follow-up. The median distance from residence to utilized facility was 2.98 km (IQR 1.31-5.38). Nearly all participants (98.8 %) lived within 5 km from a facility, however, 26.3 % visited a facility more than 5 km away. Stratified results demonstrated that among those utilizing fixed facilities, greater distance was associated with higher odds of follow-up non-attendance (OR = 1.71, 95 % CI 1.08, 2.70, p = 0.02; OR = 2.80, 95 % CI 1.26, 6.21, p = 0.01), adjusting for age and district of residence. We found 5 km marked the threshold distance beyond which follow-up attendance significantly dropped. These results demonstrate distance is an important predictor of attending follow-up, and this relationship appears to be modified by facility type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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