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Male and Female Condom Use
Providing women with condom negotiation skills may improve condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IIIb condom use, education, marriage, training South Africa, Zimbabwe
Increasing accessibility and availability of condoms can increase condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb Carribbean, condom use, condoms Cameroon, Central America, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Tanzania, Thailand
Promoting condoms, either in individual or group sessions, along with skills training, provision of condoms, and motivational education can increase condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study Gray I South America, condom use, condoms, education Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
Peer education for women can increase condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IIIa condom use, condoms, marriage, peer education, peer education Malawi, sexual behavior China
Interventions are needed to increase condom access by women. Studies found inadequate supplies of condoms to have protected sex.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study
Male and female condoms when used consistently and correctly, are comparable in effectiveness.
Male and Female Condom Use
4 studies Gray II, V female condoms
Expanding distribution of female condoms may increase female condom use, thus increasing the number of protected sex acts and preventing HIV acquisition and transmission.
Male and Female Condom Use
6 studies Gray IIIb STIs, counseling, female condoms, sex workers, sexual partners Brazil, China, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Providers and HIV testing counselors need training on female condoms to promote use. Studies found that providers and counselors need training in order to be able to promote female condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study
Consistent use of male condoms can reduce the chances of HIV acquisition by more than 95% (IOM, 2001).
Male and Female Condom Use
4 studies Gray I, IIIb, V Eastern and Southern Africa, condom use, condoms Brazil
Promoting acceptability of condom use by both women and men as the norm in sexual intercourse may decrease national HIV prevalence.
Male and Female Condom Use
4 studies Gray IIIb, V condoms, marriage, pregnancy, sexual partners, stigma Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Promoting pleasure in male and female condom use can increase the practice of safer sex.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray IV, V female condoms, sex behavior Brazil, New Zealand, North America
Women, especially married women, ongoing education about the role of condoms in preventing HIV acquisition and transmission, along with condom negotiation skills. A study found that women did not believe that condoms reduce the risk of HIV transmission. Another study found that married women of alcoholic men are aware of risks of contracting HIV from their husbands but reported difficulty in negotiating condom use as well as violence.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study
Tailored interventions are urgently needed to provide greater availability and access to female condoms, along with education and training regarding their use as an additional option to male condoms. Studies found that women, including female sex workers, felt that they could avoid conflict and enhance their safe sex bargaining power by using a female condom when their sexual partner refused to use a male condom.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study
Increasing couple communication about HIV risk can increase preventive behaviors, including condom use.
Male and Female Condom Use
4 studies Gray IIIb, IV, V communication, condoms, marriage, sexual partners India, Malawi, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda
Promoting the dual use of condoms as a contraceptive as well as for HIV prevention may make use more acceptable and easier to negotiate.
Male and Female Condom Use
2 studies Gray II, IIIa HIV testing, STIs, condoms, contraception, family planning, pregnancy Ethiopia, Zambia
Studies found that counselors and serodiscordant couples did not understand that the HIV-negative partner could acquire HIV, even after many years and HIV-positive women reported that their husbands refused to use condoms. Fear of partner reaction was a barrier to HIV testing.
Male and Female Condom Use
1 study