title: Condom social marketing program to prevent HIV/AIDS in post-conflict Liberia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Youths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) account for a large burden of the global HIV/STI crises. As such, strategies directed at promoting behavioral modifications would be critical to reducing the prevalence of risky sexual behaviors among high risk adolescents in post-conflict environments.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study describes a condom promotion strategy to prevent HIV/STIs among highly vulnerable urban youth in a post-conflict, resource-constrained environment via the provision of both male and female condoms to nontraditional venues like music and photo shops, ice cream parlors, money exchange centers and beauty salons.
  
  
  METHODS
  Community members in the designated catchment areas volunteered their services and the use of their small businesses to support this endeavor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this paper, we describe the condom promotion strategy and its implications within the context of a community-based participatory social marketing program to prevent risky sexual behaviors among highly vulnerable urban youth in a post-conflict country.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We postulate that this approach may likely increase condom use among urban youth in Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia.
authors.affiliation: UL-PIRE Africa Center, An HIV/STD Prevention Research Center, University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jubwe
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bee
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Massaquoi
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Barbu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003132:Commerce; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia; D008297:Male; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D012924:Social Conditions; D040241:Social Marketing; D014505:Urban Population