Acceptability and related factors of male circumcision among farmer workers in coal mine

Objective To explore the acceptability of male circum cision and its related factors among farmer workers in coalmine.Methods Questionnaire survey on the acceptability of male circum cision (MC) and its related factors was conducted among farmer workers in a coalmine in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region with random cluster sampling.Results Atotal of 569 male farmer workers were selected.Among the interviewees, 25.13% (143/569) expressed the willingness to accept MC.When knowing that the operation would be free of charge and with few complication and could prevent AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases(STDS), more interviewees expressed the willingness to accept MC with a significantly increased acceptable rate.Univariate analysis showed that the accep tability of MC was associated with marital status, knowledge on male circumcision, knowledge on phimosis and redundant prepuce, knowledge on protective effects of MC on genital inflammation, tumor, AIDS and STDS, and history of HIV test.The results of logistic regression analysis indicated that three factors were associated with the acceptability of male circum cision: marital status(odds ratioOR=2.37, 95% confidence intervalCI: 1.30-4.32), self-diagnosis of phimosis or redundant prepuce (OR=8.19, 95% CI: 4.25-15.77), history of HIV test(OR=1.95, 95% CI: 1.15-3.32).Conclusion The acceptability of male circum cision among farmer coalmine workers in Guangxi is low.The major influencing factors for the low rate are lack of knowledge on AIDS and male circum cision and the safety and cost of male circum cision.