title: Acceptability of newborn circumcision to prevent HIV infection in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand whether information from the African clinical trials about the partially protective effect of male circumcision against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection could influence adults to circumcise a newborn son.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the 2008 ConsumerStyles panel survey data, multiple regression analysis was performed to identify correlates of (1) inclination toward circumcising a newborn son and (2) being influenced to have a newborn son circumcised if it would reduce the chance of becoming HIV infected later in life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Response rate was 50.6% (10,108/19,996). Approximately 12% reported not being inclined to circumcise a newborn son. Higher odds of not being inclined to circumcise a newborn son were associated with Hispanic and "other" race/ethnicity, being an uncircumcised man and a man not reporting circumcision status, postgraduate education, region, and negative health-related attitudes. Lower odds were associated with black race and less number of household members. Fifty-three percent of respondents reported that information about the protective effect of circumcision would make them more likely to have a newborn son circumcised. Higher odds of being influenced to have a newborn son circumcised were associated with being ≥45 years of age, black race, living in a household with fewer than 5 members, having high school or some college education, region, and positive health-related attitudes; lower odds were associated with being an uncircumcised man and lower income.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that providing educational information about the HIV prevention and benefit of circumcision may increase the inclination to circumcise a newborn son for some people.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. dgust@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gust
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kretsinger
authors.forename: Zaneta
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gaul
authors.forename: Sherri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pals
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Heffelfinger
authors.forename: Elin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Begley
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kilmarx
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult