Off-Label Use of the Female Condom for Anal Intercourse Among Men in New York City

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ID11023476
AuthorsElizabeth A Kelvin (0000-0002-0566-8697, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Joanne E Mantell (0000-0002-0748-5974, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Norman Candelario (Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Hoffman (0000-0002-1870-4853, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research), Susie Hoffman (Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Theresa M Exner (0009-0005-7311-6586, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), William Stackhouse (Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Zena A Stein (Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Susie Hoffman, Theresa M. Exner, and Zena A. Stein are with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY. Norman Candelario is with and at the time of the study William Stackhouse was with Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.), Zena Stein (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue12
Pages2241-2244
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300260
PMID22021299
PMCIDPMC3222431
OpenAlexW2133991639
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited4

We surveyed 111 male clients of an HIV/AIDS service organization in New York City in 2008 and 2009. Seventeen percent had used the female condom for anal intercourse; of these, 89.3% had used the female condom with male partners, 21.4% with female partners, and 10.7% with both. Users of the female condom for vaginal intercourse were more likely to use it for anal intercourse (odds ratio = 12.7; 95% confidence interval = 2.5, 64.9; P = .002). The safety and efficacy of the female condom for anal intercourse are unknown and should be evaluated

Anal intercourse · Condom · Confidence interval · Developed country · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Female condom · Gynecology · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Logistic regression · Men who have sex with men · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Research methodology · Sexual intercourse · Syphilis · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Reproductive tract infections research