Failure of many United States Department of Health Web sites to provide accurate information about the female condom

Contraception
Christina Ventura-DiPersiaElizabeth A Kelvin

Abstract

Uptake of the female condom (FC) in the United States has historically been low; inadequate promotion may be one barrier faced by potential users. We performed a content analysis of state and municipal health department Web sites to describe how the FC is being promoted for pregnancy and disease prevention. We found that only a slim majority (60.8%) of health department Web sites mention the FC at all and those that do include numerous inaccuracies in their messaging. These inaccuracies may discourage uptake of the FC or have a detrimental impact on the experience when using the product for the first time.

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Dec 3, 2015·Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology·Alexandre GrangeiroXimena Pamela Díaz-Bermúdez

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