title: Easy, Faster, and Not Bloody: Providers' Perceptions on PrePex™ in South Africa.
abstract: PrePex™ (Circ MedTech Ltd., Tortola, British Virgin Islands) devices are being evaluated in several countries for scale-up of medical male circumcision (MMC) as an HIV prevention intervention. Health care workers' perceptions should be considered prior to scale-up. A cross-sectional open-ended questionnaire was administered to health care workers from nine MMC programs in South Africa that provided either PrePex™ and surgical circumcision (mixed sites) or surgical circumcision only (surgery-only sites). A total of 77 health care workers (37 at mixed sites and 40 at surgery-only sites) with median ages of 29 years (interquartile range 27-37) and 34 years (interquartile range 29-42), respectively, were recruited into the study. The perceived benefits of PrePex™ MMC for health care workers were: device simplicity, convenience, bloodless, and ease of use. Identified challenges included limited public knowledge of device, pain, smell of necrotic skin, and delayed healing. Health care providers perceived the PrePex™ MMC device to be simple and adaptable for existing MMC programs.
authors: Minja
authors: M
authors: Milovanovic
authors: Noah
authors: N
authors: Taruberekera
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Hatzold
authors: Neil
authors: N
authors: Martinson
authors: Limakatso
authors: L
authors: Lebina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D013019:South Africa; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: device circumcision; health professionals; medical male circumcision (MMC)