title: Short-term acceptability of the female condom among staff and patients at a New York City Hospital.
abstract: An acceptability study of the female condom undertaken at New York's Harlem Hospital between August 1993 and February 1994 enrolled 52 women aged 18-57, 41 of whom (79%) used the female condom at least once. Of these, one-half used the female condom at least three times and 40% used it once; on average, women used it 2.4 times. Two-thirds of users liked the female condom either very much or somewhat, 20% were neutral and 15% stated that they did not like it. One-half of the women reported that their partner liked the device, while 17% said he felt neutral about it and approximately one-quarter said he disliked it. Seventy-three percent of respondents and 44% of their partners preferred the female condom to the male condom.
authors.affiliation: AIDS surveillance, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Gollub
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: el-Sadr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D019111:Single-Use Internal Condom; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009519:New York City; D012747:Sexual Partners