Castro J G, Jones D L, López M R, Deeb K, Barradas I, Weiss S M
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Int J STD AIDS. 2010 Aug;21(8):591-4. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010201.
This study attempted to determine the acceptability of neonatal circumcision in Hispanic expectant and new parents and to explore potential associations with lower acceptability. Overall, we found surprisingly high rates of acceptability in this community that contrasts with the actual low rates of circumcision in Hispanics in the USA. This gap is important since newborn circumcision has been suggested as an additional long-range tool in reducing longstanding ethnic disparities in HIV incidence in the USA. A larger study will be needed to determine what factors are associated with low acceptability and how one might effectively address these concerns in this population.
本研究试图确定西班牙裔准父母和新父母对新生儿包皮环切术的接受程度,并探讨与较低接受度相关的潜在因素。总体而言,我们发现该社区的接受率高得出奇,这与美国西班牙裔实际较低的包皮环切率形成了对比。这一差距很重要,因为新生儿包皮环切术已被视为减少美国长期存在的艾滋病毒感染率种族差异的又一长期手段。需要进行更大规模的研究,以确定哪些因素与低接受度相关,以及如何在这一人群中有效解决这些问题。