Inconsistencies on U.S. Departments of Health Websites Regarding Anal Use of the Female Condom

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• 作者：Kristina Rodriguez ; Christina Ventura-DiPersia ; Michael T. LeVasseur…
• 关键词：Female condom ; Anal sex ; Men who have sex with men ; Department of health website
• 刊名：AIDS and Behavior
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：7
• 页码：1141-1149
• 全文大小：446 KB
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• 作者单位：Kristina Rodriguez (1)
  Christina Ventura-DiPersia (1)
  Michael T. LeVasseur (2)
  Elizabeth A. Kelvin (1) (3) (4)
  
  1. CUNY School of Public Health, Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA
  2. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, Nesbit Hall, 3215 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
  3. Epidemiology & Biostatistics Program, CUNY School of Public Health, Hunter College, 2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10035, USA
  4. HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 15, New York, NY, 10032, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Public Health
  Health Psychology
  Infectious Diseases
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-3254

文摘

The female condom (FC) is FDA approved to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections during vaginal intercourse, but not for use during anal intercourse. Studies suggest that a sizeable proportion of men who have sex with men use the FC for anal intercourse despite lack of safety and efficacy information. We reviewed Department of Health (DOH) websites for U.S. states (n?=?50) and major municipalities (population >500,000; n?=?29) regarding anal use of the FC. Forty-eight (60.8?%) websites mentioned the FC, of which only 21 (45.8?%) mentioned anal use. Of those that mention anal use, 8 (38.1?%) supported, 13 (61.9?%) were neutral, and 1 (4.8?%) discouraged this use. Ten websites (47.6?%) provided instructions for anal use of the FC-ranging from removal of the inner ring, leaving the inner ring in place, and either option. In the absence of safety and efficacy data, U.S. DOH websites are providing different and often contradictory messages about the FC for anal sex.