Condoms

Condoms are considered to be one of the most important parts of HIV prevention. The documents outline their value within prevention programming.

Albarracin, J., Albarracin, D, & Durantini, M. (2008). Effects of HIV prevention interventions for samples with higher and lower percents of Latinos and Latin Americans: A meta-analysis of change in condom use and knowledge. AIDS and Behavior 12(4), 521-543.

Albarracin, D., Fishbein, M., Johnson, B. T., & Muellerleile, P. A. (2001). Theories of reasoned action and planned behavior as models of condom use: A meta analysis. Psychological Bulletin 127(1), 142-161.

Albarracin, D., Kumkale, G. T., & Jonson, B. T. (2004). Influences of social power and normative support on condom use decisions: A research synthesis. AIDS Care, 16(6), 700-723.

Centre for Disease Control (CDC). Male latex condoms and sexually transmitted diseases. Fact Sheet for public health personnel. Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/condoms.pdf.

Noar, S. M., Cole, C. & Carlyle, K. (2006). Condom use measurement in 56 studies of sexual risk behavior: Review and recommendations. Archives of Sexual Behavior 35(3), 327-345.

Santelli, J. S., Lindbeg, L. D., Duberstein, F.,  Lawrence, B., Singh, S. (2007). Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: The contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use. American Journal of Public Health 97(1), 150-156.

Silveira, M. F., dos Santos, I. (2005). Impact of interventions promoting condom use among HIV-infected individuals. Revista Saúde Pública, 39(2), 1-9.

Smoak, N. D., Scott-Sheldon, L. A., Johnson, B. T., Carey, M. P. and the Sharp Research Team (2006). Sexual risk reduction interventions do not inadvertently increase the overall frequency of sexual behavior: A meta-analysis of 174 studies with 116 735 participants. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 41(3), 374-384.

UNAIDS. (July 2004). Position statement on condoms and HIV prevention. Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://data.unaids.org/una-docs/condom-policy_jul04_en.pdf.

Weller, S. C. (1993). A meta-analysis of condom effectiveness in reducing sexually transmitted HIV. Social Science and Medicine 36(12), 1635-1644.

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