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Location: FMHS Building Dean's Office
Research interest:
- HIV prevention
- Male circumcision
- Herbal medicine use among people living with HIV in East Sepik Province (and PNG)
- Integrating medical circumcision within revived male initiation ceremonies for comprehensive HIV prevention among men in Yangoru-Saussia, PNG.
Research Profile:
   
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Summary
Clement is a medical officer with expertise in medical education and health research. He has skills in curriculum design, higher education teaching and learning, coordination of clinical teaching and supervision, proposal writing, research design, research data management and analysis, research presentation and intervention advocacy, and writing for publication. Clément’s PhD studies through James Cook University (Australia) involved the staging of medical-circumcision-integrated male initiation ceremonies for HIV prevention in Yangoru-Saussia, Papua New Guinea. The publication of chapters in his thesis is expected to contribute evidence vital to increasing the accessibility of safe male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea.
Research Projects:
Teaching
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HE328 Biostatistics and Health Research Methods (Health Extension Department)
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PT209 Fundamentals of Medicine and Surgery (Rehabilitation Science Department
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HE436 Fundamentals of Health Research (Health Extension Department).
Clement is also responsible for facilitating staff research in the Health Extension Department.
Experience
Clement worked in East Sepik Province as a health professional for 3 years before pursuing his interest in medical education and health research at Divine Word University where he joined the Health Extension Department in July of 2009. He was then coordinating teaching units including ‘human structure and function’, ‘epidemiology’, ‘accidents and emergency’ and ‘surgery’. Clement also served as coordinator of clinical teaching and was responsible for engaging the clinicians at Modillon General Hospital to provide bed-side teaching and classroom lectures for Health Extension students. In those early years at Divine Word University, Clement, under the supervision of senior academics (and support from the PNG National AIDS Council), designed and lead two important studies. One of these studies documented the prevalence of herbal medicine use by people living with HIV in East Sepik Province. The other study investigated the possibility of reviving the ‘behavior-changing’ manhood rites of Yangoru-Saussia for HIV prevention. The findings of these two research projects have been publicized through research reports and conference presentations particularly at the annual PNG Medical Symposium meetings. Apart from these two research projects, Clement was the DWU field coordinator for the large multi-site ‘acceptability of male circumcision in PNG study’ which was led by James Cook University. This research project documented that some 50% of men in PNG were undergoing high-risk foreskin-cutting outside of health settings.
Current Designation
Senior Lecturer II, Department of Health Extension
Affiliations
Clement is an active member of the Papua New Guinea Public Health Association. He is also a registered member of the Papua New Guinea Medical Society.
Awards
- Recipient of Australia Awards (including Leadership Award) Scholarship from 2014 (to 2018) valued at over $AU250,000.00
- Recipient of two research grants from the Papua New Guinea National AIDS Council totaling K100,000.00
EDUCATION
AWARDS & HONORS
Presentations
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Manineng, C., MacLaren D., Baigry, M., Trowalle, E., Muller, R., Vallely, A., Gesch, P., Hombhanje, F., McBride, WJH. (2017). Foreskin-cutting among men in PNG is not associated with sexual risk behaviors and male circumcision can be recommended for HIV prevention. Paper presented at the PNG Medical Symposium Public Health Specialty Meeting, Madang Resort Hotel, Madang.
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Manineng, C., MacLaren D., Baigry, M., Trowalle, E., Muller, R., Vallely, A., Gesch, P., Hombhanje, F., McBride, WJH. (2017). Re-establishing safer medical-circumcision-integrated initiation ceremonies for HIV prevention in a rural setting in Papua New Guinea. A multi-method acceptability study. Poster presented at the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences “Painim Aut Health Research Seminar”, Divine Word University, Madang.
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Manineng, C., MacLaren D., Baigry, M., Trowalle, E., Muller, R., Vallely, A., Gesch, P., Hombhanje, F., McBride, WJH. (2017). Integrating safe circumcision and re-establishing male transition rites for HIV prevention in Yangoru-Saussia, Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at the PNG Medical Symposium Public Health Specialty Meeting, Lamana Hotel, Port Moresby.
Publications
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Manineng, C., MacLaren D. (2014). Medically assisted circumcision: a safer option for initiation rites. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(10): 610.
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Manineng, C., MacLaren D., Baigry, M., Trowalle, E., Muller, R., Vallely, A., Gesch, P., Hombhanje, F., McBride, WJH. (2017). Re-establishing safer medical-circumcision-integrated initiation ceremonies for HIV prevention in a rural setting in Papua New Guinea. A multi-method acceptability study. PLOS ONE, 12 (11): e0187577.
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Manineng, C., Baigry, M., Trowalle, E., Hombhanje, FW. (2016). Herbal products utilization among patients with HIV/AIDS in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea: a pilot survey to determine the prevalence. PNG Medical Journal, Sep-Dec;59(3-4):196-203.
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Maclaren D, Tommbe R, Mafile OT, Manineng C, Fregonese F, Redman-Maclaren M, et al. Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea. BMC Public Health. 2013;13(1):818.
Collaboration
Clement was a lead person in the collaborative research on the ‘acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in PNG’ which involved James Cook University, Pacific Adventist University and Divine Word University.
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