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|url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/BAILEY_bio.pdf | |url=http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/uploaded_files/BAILEY_bio.pdf | ||
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}}</ref> Bailey has been a circumcision proponent since at least 1998.<ref>Moses S, Bailey RC, Ronald AR. Male circumcision: assessment of health benefits and risks. Sex Transm Infect 1998;74(5):368-73.</ref> Bailey was responsible (along with [[Stephen Moses]]) for one of the three major African circumcision trials (funded by NIAID, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the United States [[National Institutes of Health]]),<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFweb | }}</ref> Bailey has been a circumcision proponent since at least 1998.<ref>Moses S, Bailey RC, Ronald AR. Male circumcision: assessment of health benefits and risks. Sex Transm Infect 1998;74(5):368-73.</ref> Bailey was responsible (along with [[Stephen Moses]]) for one of the three major African circumcision trials (funded by NIAID, the [https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research], and the United States [[National Institutes of Health]]),<ref name='DOC 2008'>{{REFweb | ||
|last=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] | |last=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision (D.O.C.)]] | ||
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|coauthors = Vernon Quaintance | |coauthors = Vernon Quaintance | ||
|publisher = The Gilgal Society | |publisher = The Gilgal Society | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> Bailey is an ardent promoter of male [[circumcision]]. | ||
== Circumcision research == | == Circumcision research == | ||
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|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Robert%20C.%20Bailey | |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Robert%20C.%20Bailey | ||
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}}</ref> He has conducted circumcision-related studies in varying communities in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and the U.S. He has studied adverse events and conducted needs assessments associated with medical and traditional circumcisions in Kenya. | }}</ref> He has conducted circumcision-related studies in varying communities in Uganda, [[Kenya]], Malawi, Zambia, and the [[United States| U.S.]] He has studied adverse events and conducted needs assessments associated with medical and traditional circumcisions in Kenya. | ||
Bailey is the principal investigator of the randomized controlled trial of [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision| male circumcision]] to reduce [[HIV]] incidence in Kisumu, Kenya, and he has served as a consultant to [[WHO]], [[UNAIDS]], [[UNICEF]], the [[World Bank]], [[USAID]], the [[CDC]], and other national and international governmental and non-governmental agencies.<ref name="Bailey"/> | Bailey is the principal investigator of the randomized controlled trial of [[Adolescent_and_adult_circumcision| male circumcision]] to reduce [[HIV]] incidence in Kisumu, Kenya, and he has served as a consultant to [[WHO]], [[UNAIDS]], [[UNICEF]], the [[World Bank]], [[USAID]], the [[CDC]], and other national and international governmental and non-governmental agencies.<ref name="Bailey"/> | ||
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== Deceptive tactics == | == Deceptive tactics == | ||
In Bailey's trial, the circumcised group had specific instructions to abstain from sex and use condoms that the intact control group did not. Bailey has admitted that "repeated study visits and intensive behavioral counseling" of the circumcised men were needed to reduce risk behaviors.<ref>{{REFnews | In Bailey's trial, the [[circumcised]] group had specific instructions to abstain from sex and use condoms that the intact control group did not. Bailey has admitted that "repeated study visits and intensive behavioral counseling" of the circumcised men were needed to reduce risk behaviors.<ref>{{REFnews | ||
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/News26.html#trinidad | |url=http://www.circumstitions.com/news/News26.html#trinidad | ||
|title=Circumcision Age-old surgery touted to reduce HIV | |title=Circumcision Age-old surgery touted to reduce HIV | ||
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|ref=<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/health/27circumcision.html?pagewanted=all Pam Belluck. (2011-09-26). Obstacles Slow an Easy Way to Prevent H.I.V. in Men. "NY Times."]</ref> | |ref=<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/health/27circumcision.html?pagewanted=all Pam Belluck. (2011-09-26). Obstacles Slow an Easy Way to Prevent H.I.V. in Men. "NY Times."]</ref> | ||
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== Population-based studies == | |||
{{Population-based studies}} | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]] | * [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]] | ||
* [[Bias]] | * [[Bias]] | ||
* [[Circumcised doctors]] | * [[Circumcised doctors]] | ||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||