The female condom is a proven effective female controlled HIV prevention device. Sociocultural and biological factors predispose women to a heavier burden of HIV/AIDS than men. In Cameroon, with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, no study has investigated the factors influencing use of the female condom. This study was aimed to identify the factors influencing utilization of the female condom among...

BACKGROUND HIV/AIDS remains being a disease of great public health concern worldwide. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where women are disproportionately infected with HIV, women are reportedly less likely capable of negotiating condom use. However, while knowledge of condom use for HIV prevention is extensive among men and women in many countries including Tanzania, evidence is limi...

BACKGROUND Significantly more research attention has been devoted to the consistency of condom use, with far fewer studies investigating condom use errors and problems. The purpose of this review was to present the frequency of various condom use errors and problems reported worldwide. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted for peer-reviewed articles, published in English-langua...

OBJECTIVE To investigate factors affecting condom use among South African university students. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Department of Psychology, University of the North, South Africa. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and forty six female and sixty first year male psychology students, mean age 20.9 years (SD = 3.4), with a range from 17 to 34 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Sexual ac...

As researchers and community-based providers continue to encourage latex condom use as a chief strategy to prevent HIV transmission among men who have sex with men, research is needed to better explore the intersecting associations among penis size (length and circumference), condom feel, ease of finding condoms, recent experience of condom failure (breakage and slippage), and unprotected anal ...

OBJECTIVES (To determine the level and consistency of condom use among family planning clients at three family planning clinics in Zimbabwe.) DESIGN A prospective cross sectional study. SETTING The study was carried out at three Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council clinics. SUBJECTS We interviewed 899 consecutive women seeking family planning services at these three clinics using a s...

Free condoms provided by the government are often not used by Botswana Defence Force (BDF) personnel due to a perceived unpleasant scent and unattractive wrapper. Formative work with the BDF found that scented condoms and military-inspired (camouflage) wrapper graphics were appealing to personnel. A non-randomized intervention study was implemented to determine whether condom wrapper graphics a...

The use of prophylactics in the prevention of HIV transmission has traditionally centered on the male condom. Negotiation of condom use has therefore been largely male-centric. The creation of the female condom ushered in a new era of female-controlled condom usage, leaving people hopeful that condom negotiation in HIV and STI prevention would reach greater parity. Since the female condom was i...

Condom use remains low among sexually active youth in sub-Saharan Africa. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that attitudes towards condom use are important predictors of actual condom use. However, few attempts have been made to systematically develop a valid scale that measures attitudes towards condom use among youth, particularly high school students in sub-Saharan Africa. Using th...