title: Prevalence of condom use and associated factors in a sample of university students in southern Brazil.
abstract: This article focuses on the frequency of condom use and associated factors in university students, based on a cross-sectional study of 633 students in 2006. Associations were investigated using a logistic regression model with 5% significance. Condom use prevalence was 60%. Having candidiasis was a protective factor for condom use in both sexual initiation (OR = 0.49; 95%CI: 0.31-0.79) and the most recent sexual intercourse (OR = 0.39; 95%CI: 0.24-0.65). Condom use was associated with single marital status (OR = 2.89; 95%CI: 1.60-5.23) and having a sex partner from the health field (OR = 0.50; 95%CI: 0.34-0.75). Condom use was high in all sexual relations in this sample of university students. Single marital status and having a sex partner from a health-related course were positively associated with condom use in the most recent intercourse. Self-reported genital candidiasis was protective for condom use during early sexual activity and in the most recent sexual relation. Belonging to the health field did not show a significant impact on the use of male condoms.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Graduação em Medicina, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, Brasil. al25950@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Luciana Carvalho
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Maria Inês da
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Iara Denise Endruweit
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Battisti
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002181:Candidiasis, Vulvovaginal / Q000453:epidemiology; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult