Determinants of Trends in Condom Use in the United States, 1988-1995
Family Planning PerspectivesPublished 1 November 1999
Akinrinola Bankole, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Susheela Singh
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While the increase in condom use, especially among unmarried and adolescent women, is encouraging, condom use overall is substantially less than that needed to protect women and men against sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV).
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While the increase in condom use, especially among unmarried and adolescent women, is encouraging, condom use overall is substantially less than that needed to protect women and men against sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV). Moreover, steps need to be taken to understand why levels of dual method use are low and how they may be increased.
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