Assessed condom use, barriers to condom use, oral contraceptive use, partnership status
and STD history in 457 15-30 year-old women attending four family planning clinics …

Because inconsistent condom use could put adolescent women at an increased risk for
sexually transmitted diseases, it is important to understand when and with whom they use …

A theoretical model was used to examine the influence of relationship factors, pregnancy
intentions, contraceptive behavior and other psychosocial characteristics on stages of …

A six-month prospective study examined consistency of condom use for disease prevention
among 308 adolescent women who had received a prescription for oral contraceptives at a …

OBJECTIVES. This study analyzed the prevalence and determinants of the quality of
condom use after a woman's first visit to a family planning clinic. METHODS. This report …

This article seeks to fill the gap in female condom acceptability research by examining family
planning (FP) providers' attitudes and experiences regarding the female condom in three …

A survey of 16,632 women attending family planning clinics in Pennsylvania found that only
13 percent of the sample used condoms. Moreover, 67 percent of the women with regular …

A study based on a convenience sample of 177 couples who each used 11 condoms found
that 103 condoms (5.3%) broke before or during intercourse and 67 condoms (3.5%) slipped …

Context: Whereas the female condom has been evaluated in many hypothetical
acceptability or short-term use studies, there is little information about its suitability for the …

CONTEXT: Family planning providers can play an important role in helping women to
identify their risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and to adopt …