Cross Sectional: Male Circumcision

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Cross Sectional: Male Circumcision 1. Citation of article: Use AMA or APA style (you can download a style guide from the USM library home page) Wilcken, A. (2010, April 26). Male circumcision for HIV prevention-a cross sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda. BMC Public Health. Retrieved October 22, 2013. 2. What is the purpose of the article? The purpose is to show that different cultures do not see the reason of getting male circumcision because they are not informed about the benefits of it to decrease HIV. They want to show the purpose to people about this great preventative measure especially in these rural areas that have a high HIV rate. 3. What type of study design was used in this article? The cross sectional study was used in this article. 4. Is this design experimental, quasi experimental, non-experimental? The design they used was the quasi experimental because they included a manipulated variable but lacks important controls. 5. List Several Advantages and Disadvantages (in general) for this type of study design? Some Advantages is that it was a single period of observation and exposure and disease histories were collected simultaneously. Also the exposure of HIV was obtained at an individual level. Some disadvantages is that you cannot provide incidence data and the study did not represent other rural populations. You also cannot determine temporality of exposure and disease. In this case they could not separate the beliefs of already getting male circumcisions between the information awareness from the study. 6. What is the outcome under investigation? How is it defined? The outcome under investigation is whether or not knowing the benefits(less likely to get HIV) of being circumcised would increase the number of people to get it done or to tell a son or
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