Correlates of Consistent Condom Use with Main-New and Main-Old Sexual Partners

Received 6 June 2008; accepted 4 March 2009. published online 18 June 2009.

Abstract

An exploratory study identified correlates of consistent condom use for young women reporting Main-new or Main-old partners in the past 3 months: frequency of vaginal sex (across partner types); perceived likelihood of getting a STI (Main-new); age and STI history (Main-old). To enhance programmatic efficacy in community clinics, these key correlates of condom use for main partner types should be incorporated in STI risk reduction counseling.

Keywords: Condom use, Sexually transmitted infections, Partner-type, Adolescents

a Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas

b Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

c University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Address correspondence to: Constance M. Wiemann, Ph.D., Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center, 6621 Fannin Street, CC 1710.01, Houston, TX 77030.

PII: S1054-139X(09)00104-9

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.001

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