Perceptions and Practices Relating to Condom Use among Urban Men in Haiti

Bibliographic Data

ID10796956
AuthorsMichaelle L Boulos (Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Rural Development, corresponding author), Reginald Boulos, Douglas J Nichols
Year1991
Volume22
Issue5
Pages318
Publication date1991-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1966686
PMID1759277
OpenAlexW2060494250
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited2

This report is based on a survey conducted in 1986-87 of sexually active adult male residents in a low-income community of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The objectives were to investigate knowledge of and attitudes toward condoms; to evaluate the effectiveness of the existing condom distribution program; and to obtain information that can be used in the design of strategies to increase condom acceptance and use among men throughout Haiti. A final sample of 706 sexually active adult male residents in stable unions, including a specially drawn sample of male partners of condom acceptors, were interviewed in their homes. Although condoms are almost universally known, they are rarely used. The majority felt that the responsibility for family planning should be borne by the woman. Whereas condoms may be of limited popularity for family planning purposes in Haiti, it should be determined whether they might be more acceptable as an effective means of controlling the spread of AIDS and other STDs

Condom · Developed country · Developing country · Economic growth · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sex work and related issues

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