Mukucha,Jaravaza_Erotophilia_erotophobia_dataset

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) was initiated as a public health intervention for reducing the transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that leads to Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS), and cervical cancer. The medical procedure has a target of circumcising 80% of the males between the ages of 15 and 49 years. However, thirteen years down the line that target is still far from being reached with some of the reasons advanced being lack of funds due to donor fatigue. What the extant literature failed to examine was the possibility of the erotophilic-erotophobic attitudes of the target beneficiaries as one of the reasons behind the slow adoption of voluntary male circumcision. This study therefore sought to determine how the levels of erotophilia-erotophobia predicted the adoption of voluntary male circumcision. A convenience sample of 300 respondents was surveyed. An ANOVA test revealed that that there were statistically insignificant age and marital status differences in terms of having erotophilic-erotophobic attitudes, but the differences were significant on circumcision status. A binary logistic regression analysis indicated that erotophilic individuals were more likely to adopt VMMC than their erotophobic counterparts. The study recommended regular pedagogical and andragogical sessions on sex issues in order to instil erotophilic attitudes which promote the adoption of VMMC.自愿性男性医疗包皮环切术（Voluntary medical male circumcision, VMMC）最初作为一项公共卫生干预措施推出，旨在降低人类免疫缺陷病毒（Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV）的传播风险——该病毒可引发获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS，全称Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome）与宫颈癌。该医疗程序的既定目标是为15至49岁年龄段内80%的男性实施包皮环切术。然而时隔十三年，该目标仍远未达成，其中一项被提出的成因是捐助方倦怠导致的资金匮乏。现有文献尚未探讨的一个潜在方向是：目标受益群体的恋色-厌色态度，是否为自愿男性包皮环切术推广缓慢的原因之一。因此，本研究旨在探究恋色-厌色倾向水平如何预测自愿男性包皮环切术的采纳意愿。研究采用便利抽样法，共招募300名受访者开展问卷调查。方差分析（Analysis of Variance, ANOVA）结果显示，在恋色-厌色态度维度上，受访者的年龄与婚姻状况差异无统计学意义，但不同包皮环切状态的受访者之间差异具有统计学显著性。二元逻辑回归分析结果表明，相较于厌色群体，恋色个体更愿意采纳自愿性男性医疗包皮环切术。本研究建议定期开展性议题相关的普通教育学与成人教育学培训课程，以逐步培育恋色倾向态度，进而推动自愿性男性医疗包皮环切术的普及。