The New Female Condom: Attitudes and Opinions of Low-Income Puerto Rican Women at Risk for HIV/AIDS

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent E. Gil
Author(s):  
Nurgül Fitzgerald ◽  
David Himmelgreen ◽  
Grace Damio ◽  
Sofia Segura-Pérez ◽  
Yu-Kuei Peng ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis H. Zayas ◽  
Katherine R. B. Jankowski ◽  
M. Diane McKee

2012 ◽  
pp. 45-68
Author(s):  
Mildred Vera ◽  
Margarita Alegría ◽  
Angela M. Pattatucci-Aragón ◽  
Marisol Peña

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Idalí Torres ◽  
Robert Tuthill ◽  
Sarah Lyon-Callo ◽  
C. Mercedes Hernández ◽  
Paul Epkind

This article compares the experience of young African-American and Puerto Rican women with the female condom during a thirty-day trial period by examining qualitative data from participant observations and in-depth interviews conducted at the end of the trial. Research was funded by CDC and conducted in two neighborhood health centers in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Salient findings identify inter-group similarities and differences in the local sociocultural community context in which African-American and Latina young women considered using the female condom as a method of protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, adopted strategies to introduce and negotiate the device with male partners, and communicated their experiences in post-trial interviews. Inter-group diversity is highlighted in community structures for promoting sexual health protection, and in women's patterns of communication, descriptions of their male partner's reactions to the device and trial activities and suggestions for health education focused on the female condom. Potential implications of these findings for future research and interventions in multicultural communities are also discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 89 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A163.2-A163
Author(s):  
D M Fernandez-Santos ◽  
A M Mayor ◽  
E Santiago ◽  
E Rios-Olivares ◽  
R F Hunter-Mellado

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 45-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mildred Vera ◽  
Margarita Alegría ◽  
Angela M. Pattatucci-Aragón ◽  
Marisol Peña

2001 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia A Cardin ◽  
Richard M Grimes ◽  
Zhi Dong Jiang ◽  
Nancy Pomeroy ◽  
Luther Harrell ◽  
...  

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