title: [Inconsistent condom use among Mexican women living with HIV: a challenge for health services].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe condom use among Mexican women living with HIV and analyze factors that facilitate or impede its utilization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative analysis of 55 interviews with women of reproductive age living with HIV.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Inconsistent condom use and non-use at last sexual intercourse was common, and not clearly related to the male partners' HIV-status. Factors that influenced condom use included perceptions of health benefits, symbolic meaning assigned to the condom within the relationship, and the transformation or persistence of inequitable gender norms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender norms and male partners' attitudes strongly influence condom use among women living with HIV. To increase consistent condom use the health system must implement counseling and service delivery with a gender perspective and innovative actions to involve male partners.
authors.affiliation: Iniciativa Mujer y Salud, Departamento de Salud Global y Población, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos de América.
authors.forename: Tamil
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kendall
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Anabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.affiliation: Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de la Mujer, Centro de Estudios Sociológicos, El Colegio de México, México, Distrito Federal, México.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Campero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult