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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
Sex education and condom promotion programs need to take into account the different motivations among young men and women for engaging in unsafe sex. Studies found that boys complained about reduced sensation with condoms to cover their fear of losing their erection when putting on a condom; girls believed that unsafe sex proved their love and trust in their partner
Mitigating Risk
1 study
Interventions are needed to provide prisoners with prevention information and condoms for at least conjugal visits. A study found that prisoners did not have basic information on how condom use reduces likelihood of HIV transmission.
Women Prisoners and Female Partners of Male Prisoners
1 study
Providing antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV can increase HIV prevention behaviors, including condom use. [See %{s:33}]
Treatment as Prevention
1 study
Clinic-based interventions with outreach workers can be effective in increasing condom use and HIV testing among sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
5 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, contraception, sex behavior, sex workers, sexually transmitted infections Brazil, China, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique
Interventions targeting male clients can increase condom use and thus reduce HIV risk for sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
2 studies Gray IIIb condom use, condoms, peer education, sex workers India, Senegal
Providing antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV can increase HIV prevention behaviors, including condom use.
Staying Healthy and Reducing Transmission
9 studies Gray IIIa, IIIb, IV HAART, condom use, condoms, contraception, risk behavior, sex behavior, treatment Botswana, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Early postpartum visits can result in increased condom use, contraceptive use, HIV testing and treatment. [See %{s:49}]
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Providing antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV can increase HIV prevention behaviors, including condom use. [See %{s:33}]
Meeting the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women Living With HIV
1 study
Informed and appropriate counseling during ANC can lead to increased discussion between partners and increased protective behaviors such as condom use.
Antenatal Care - Testing and Counseling
2 studies Gray IIIb, V HIV testing, PMTCT, antenatal care, communication, condom use, counseling, pregnancy Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras, India, Rwanda, Zambia
Youth-friendly services are needed within schools to increase access to condoms and/or HIV testing for those who are sexually active. A study found that youth in numerous countries do not have information or access to condoms within school systems.
Increasing Access to Services
1 study
Clinic-based interventions with outreach workers can be effective in increasing condom use and HIV testing among sex workers. [See %{s:9}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
1 study
Early postpartum visits, especially with on-site contraceptive services, can result in increased condom use, contraceptive use, HIV testing and treatment. [See %{s:49}]
Structuring Health Services to Meet Women’s Needs
1 study
Providing routine, high quality, voluntary and confidential STI clinical services that include condom promotion can be successful in reducing HIV risk among sex workers.
Female Sex Workers
3 studies Gray IIIa, V HIV testing, STIs, community outreach, condom use, counseling, sex workers China, Kenya, South Africa
Peer education can increase protective behavior, including condom use, among women who use drugs and female partners of men who use drugs.
Women Who Use Drugs and Female Partners of Men Who Use Drugs
2 studies Gray I, IIIb PWID, condom use, condoms, drug use, peer education Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, Latin America, Vietnam
Gender-sensitive sex-segregated group sessions for couples who use drugs can result in increased condom use and safer injection practices.
Women Who Use Drugs and Female Partners of Men Who Use Drugs
3 studies Gray I, IIIa, IIIb PWID, children, drug treatment, drug use, needles, sexual behavior, sexual partners Kazakhstan, Russia
Incorporating discussions of alcohol use into HIV testing and counseling may increase protective behaviors such as condom use, partner reduction and reduction of alcohol use.
HIV Testing and Counseling for Women
4 studies Gray II, IIIa, IIIb HIV testing, alcohol, education, sex behavior, sexual partners, substance abuse, violence Kenya, South Africa