Exploring joint decision-making and family dynamics to identify barriers and enablers for early adolescent medical circumcision (EAMC) uptake in Zambia for HIV prevention: An innovative methodology

Rasi Surana; Ram Prasad; Namiya Jain; Mothi Prasad; Alok Gangaramany; Aishwarya Shashi Kumar; Tim Sweeney; Jeff Mulhausen; Steve Kretschmer; Alick Samona; Alice Nanga; Tina Chisenga

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0319472

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Exploring joint decision-making and family dynamics to identify barriers and enablers for early adolescent medical circumcision (EAMC) uptake in Zambia for HIV prevention: An innovative methodology

Rasi Surana,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America
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Ram Prasad,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America
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Namiya Jain,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America
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Mothi Prasad,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America
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Alok Gangaramany,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3908-8463

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Aishwarya Shashi Kumar,

Affiliation Final Mile Consulting, New York, New York, United States of America
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Tim Sweeney,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Upstream Thinking, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Jeff Mulhausen,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Upstream Thinking, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Steve Kretschmer,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DesireLine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Alick Samona,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DesireLine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Alice Nanga,

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation DesireLine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Tina Chisenga

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia
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Exploring joint decision-making and family dynamics to identify barriers and enablers for early adolescent medical circumcision (EAMC) uptake in Zambia for HIV prevention: An innovative methodology

Rasi Surana,
Ram Prasad,
Namiya Jain,
Mothi Prasad,
Alok Gangaramany,
Aishwarya Shashi Kumar,
Tim Sweeney,
Jeff Mulhausen,
Steve Kretschmer,
Alick Samona

Published: April 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319472

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