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Condom Promotion for Aids Prevention in the Developing World

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ID10794868
AuthorsNorman Hearst (0000-0003-1218-9173, University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Sanny Chen (San Francisco Department of Public Health)
Year2004
Volume35
Issue1
Pages39-47
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4465.2004.00004.x
PMID15067787
OpenAlexW1964220155
LanguageEN
Citations received70
References cited46

Two decades of experience and research provide new insights into the role of condoms for AIDS prevention in the developing world. This literature review and synthesis is based on computerized searches of the scientific literature and review of conference presentations, publications of national and international organizations, and popular media. Condoms are about 90 percent effective for preventing HIV transmission, and their use has grown rapidly in many countries. Condoms have produced substantial benefit in countries like Thailand, where both transmission and condom promotion are concentrated in the area of commercial sex. The public health benefit of condom promotion in settings with widespread heterosexual transmission, however, remains unestablished. In countries like Uganda that have curbed generalized epidemics, reducing the number of individuals' sex partners appears to have been more important than promoting the use of condoms. Other countries continue to have high rates of HIV transmission despite high reported rates of condom use among the sexually active. The impact of condoms may be limited by inconsistent use, low use among those at highest risk, and negative interactions with other strategies. Recommendations include increased condom promotion for groups at high risk, more rigorous measurement of the impact of condom promotion, and more research on how best to integrate condom promotion with other prevention strategies

Condom · Developed country · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Female condom · Health promotion · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Political science · Population · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Research methodology · Transmission (telecommunications) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Engineering · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Sex work and related issues

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Unique citing works70
Citations per year3,18
Citation span2004 - 2024 (21)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 61
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