title: Reducing HIV/AIDS transmission among African-American females: is the female condom a solution?
abstract: Rates of HIV/AIDS have increased at an alarming rate among minority women, especially African-American women. Suggestions that have been presented to decrease HIV/AIDS transmission among African-American women include promoting abstinence and the use of the male condom. Little recognition and support have been given for promoting the female condom as a viable solution to combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
authors.forename: Samatha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wimberly
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D019111:Single-Use Internal Condom; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D034121:Reproductive Health Services; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D040241:Social Marketing; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology