Robert C. Bailey: Difference between revisions

Robert C. Bailey is Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Research Associate at Field Museum in Chicago.<ref name="Bailey">

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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

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}}</ref><ref>12. Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, et al. Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007;369:643-56</ref> which are being used by the [[WHO|World Health Organization]] (under the guide of [[UNAIDS]]) to endorse circumcision as an HIV prevention method.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> Bailey is associated with the [[Gilgal Society]].<ref>{{REFweb

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== Circumcision Research ==

Since 1995, Bailey has devoted most of his research activities to promoting male circumcision as a HIV prevention strategy.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</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.

== 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

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"Research" advocating infant circumcision has been published by the University of Illinois and the Nyanza Reproductive Health Society.<ref>{{REFnews

}}</ref> While it may appear as if two independent medical organizations are publishing research, Robert Bailey happens to be a Professor of Epidemiology and an adjunct professor of Anthropology in the University of Chicago at Illinois, as well as the Secretary of the Board of the Nyanza Reproductive Health Society.

== Advocacy ==

Bailey is one of the primary modern day advocates for male circumcision. His research interest include "male circumcision as a strategy for HIV/STD prevention." He has written numerous articles advocating wholesale circumcision campaigns.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> He is not a medical doctor or even a medical epidemiologist, but rather holds degrees in Anthropology and "behavioral epidemiology".<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> He has recently been described as "frustrated and impatient" with the alleged slowness to act on his research.<ref>{{REFnews

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