Contrasting strategies used by young people to ensure condom use: key findings from a qualitative research project
Contrasting strategies used by young people to ensure condom use: key findings from a qualitative research project
Interviews conducted among 56 young men and women (aged 16-19) reveal two contrasting strategies used to ensure condom use at first intercourse with a new partner. These are defined as verbal communication based strategies (involving some explicit discussion about contraception before intercourse) and non-verbal communication based strategies (where one partner takes responsibility for using condoms without discussing this with their partner). Whilst the former is argued as being the more effective strategy, this paper suggests an important role for the latter, particularly when young people find themselves in situations where initiating discussions about condom use is perceived as being particularly difficult.
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Coleman, L.
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Ingham, R.
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1999
Coleman, L.
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Ingham, R.
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Coleman, L. and Ingham, R.
(1999)
Contrasting strategies used by young people to ensure condom use: key findings from a qualitative research project.
AIDS Care, 11 (4), .
(doi:10.1080/09540129947866).
Abstract
Interviews conducted among 56 young men and women (aged 16-19) reveal two contrasting strategies used to ensure condom use at first intercourse with a new partner. These are defined as verbal communication based strategies (involving some explicit discussion about contraception before intercourse) and non-verbal communication based strategies (where one partner takes responsibility for using condoms without discussing this with their partner). Whilst the former is argued as being the more effective strategy, this paper suggests an important role for the latter, particularly when young people find themselves in situations where initiating discussions about condom use is perceived as being particularly difficult.
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