Knowledge, Perception, and Practice of Safe Medical Circumcision on HIV Infection Risk Reduction among Undergraduate Students of a Public University in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Association of SMC knowledge on HIV risk reduction and practice of SMC.

Knowledge item	Practiced SMC		Chi-square	value
	Yes, (%)	No, (%)
Circumcision reduces risk of HIV
True	308 (85.6)	144 (73.5)	18.404	<0.001
False	36 (10.0)	24 (12.2)
Not sure	16 (4.4)	28 (14.3)
Circumcision of man does not protect his partner from HIV
True	186 (51.7)	126 (64.3)	17.037	<0.001
False	126 (35.0)	36 (18.4)
Not sure	48 (13.3)	34 (17.4)
It is easy to get HIV when uncircumcised
No	10 (2.8)	6 (3.1)	18.650	<0.001
Yes	324 (90.0)	152 (77.6)
Do not know	26 (7.2)	38 (19.4)
Circumcised men can have live sex and do not get HIV
Strongly agree	122 (33.9)	36 (18.4)	40.481	<0.001
Agree	126 (35.0)	46 (23.5)
No option	44 (12.2)	42 (21.4)
Disagree	42 (11.7)	38 (19.4)
Strongly disagree	26 (7.2)	34 (17.4)
All men age groups are eligible for circumcision
Strongly agree	228 (63.3)	80 (40.8)	45.684	<0.001
Agree	94 (26.1)	60 (30.6)
No option	24 (6.7)	24 (12.3)
Disagree	12 (3.3)	16 (8.2)
Strongly disagree	2 (0.6)	16 (8.2)
Best place to conduct circumcision
Home	34 (9.4)	6 (3.1)	9.660	0.021
Health facility	314 (87.2)	178 (90.8)
No preference	6 (1.7)	6 (3.1)
Do not know	6 (1.7)	6 (3.1)
Heard of circumcision in the past 12 months
Yes	316 (87.9)	156 (79.6)	6.631	0.010
No	44 (12.2)	40 (20.4)

Significant at 95% confidence interval.