CompletedNot Applicable

Economic Compensation to Increase Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision

Kenya1,504 participantsStarted 2013-06

Plain-language summary

Research questions: What effect does provision of food vouchers have on uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision? What is the amount of food voucher that should be given? Hypothesis: The percentage of men who are compensated for costs of travel to and lost wages due to VMMC and who undergo VMMC will be higher than the percentage of men who are compensated for lost wages or travel and undergo VMMC, and both of these percentages will be higher than the percentage of men who are not compensated for travel or lost wage costs but undergo VMMC.

Who can participate

Age range25 Years – 49 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Men * aged 25-49 * living in enumerated locations and sublocations of Nyanza Province * who intend to remain in their village for the next three months. Female partners of some of these eligible men are also eligible to be interviewed about their perceptions. Exclusion Criteria: Men * younger than 25, * older than 49, or * intending to move away from their village within three months.

What they're measuring

percentage who undergo voluntary medical male circumcision

Timeframe: 14 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01857700

SponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-03

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