Outcome evaluation of voluntary medical male circumcision project on changes in knowledge, attitude and practices in Njombe town council
Date
2018
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Mzumbe University
Abstract
Despite of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) project to meet its target of scaling the coverage of male circumcision to 80%, there is no clear indication to whether this achievement is parallel to changes in knowledge, attitude and practices of community members of Njombe Town council. Therefore, this study evaluated outcomes of VMMC project on knowledge, attitude and practices towards Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) among community members of Njombe Town council. The study was conducted at Njombe Town Council in Tanzania, using descriptive cross sectional study design involving 156 respondents who were randomly selected from the study population. This study employed self-administered questionnaire method to collect data from respondents. Both inferential and descriptive analysis were applied to analyze study data using SPSS V.20. Study findings revealed that majority of respondents possess knowledge on MMC as one of the prevention methods of HIV, penile cancer and STIs. When attitudes of respondents towards MMC were assessed, many showed to have positive attitude. Moreover, the researcher found male circumcision is practiced in Njombe Town council. Knowledge, attitude and practices of community members towards MMC has been positively impacted by VMMC project, though it is not to the entire community. Hence more initiatives should be carried out by the government and other stakeholders to advocate MMC to community members of Njombe Town council.
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A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Health Monitoring and Evaluation (HME) of Mzumbe University
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision, HIV, logic model, Health Belief Model, Health diffusion theory of innovation
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