Kamoyo, John Mwithalii2025-02-242025-02-242018-01Kamoyo, J. M. (2018). Influence of church based circumcision behaviour change programmes on male initiates’ attitude towards responsible adulthood in Meru County, Kenya. International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 3(1), 1–11. https://www.ijern.com/journal/2018/August-2018/21.pdf2213-1356https://repository.chuka.ac.ke/handle/123456789/16521jkamoyo@chuka.ac.ke Volume-3 Issue-1, January-2018The study examined the influence of church based circumcision behaviour change programmes on male initiates’ attitude towards responsible adulthood: A case of Meru County, Kenya. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 280 respondents, comprising of 250 male initiates’, 25 day care parents and 5 circumcision programme organizers. Questionnaires’ and interview guides were used as research instruments for collection of required data. Quantitative data were subjected to frequency, percentage, mean and chi-square test analysis using SPSS version 21. Qualitative data from open-ended question items and responses from the interviews were thematically analyzed. Church based circumcision behaviour change programmes inculcated positive attitudes towards responsible adulthood among male initiates.enResponsible AdulthoodMale InitiatesMale CircumcisionBehavior ChangeArticle