A collection of peer-reviewed journal articles about the female condom.
General Information and Overviews
Welbourne, Alice. 2006. “Sex, Life and the Female Condom: Some Views of HIV Positive Women.” Reproductive Health Matters 14(28): 32-40.
Hoffman, Susie, Joanne Mantell, Theresa Exner, and Zena Stein. 2004. “The Future of the Female Condom.” International Family Planning Perspectives 30: 139-145.
Gollub, Erica L. 2000. “The Female Condom: Tool for Women’s Empowerment.” American Journal of Public Health 90(9): 1377-1381.
Cecil, Heather, Melissa J. Perry, David W. Seal, and Steven D. Pinkerton. 1998. “The Female Condom: What We Have Learned Thus Far.” AIDS Behavior 2(3): 241-256.
Efficacy
Schwartz, Jill L., Kurt Barnhart, Mitch D. Creinin, Alfred Pointdexter, Angie Wheeless, and Maggie Kilbourne-Brook et al. 2008. “Comparative crossover study of the PATH Woman’s Condom and the FC Female Condom®.” Contraception 78: 465-473.
Beksinska, Mags, Carol Joanis, Judy Manning, Jenni Smit, Marianne Callahan, and Bidia Deperthes et al. 2007. “Standardized definitions of failure modes for female condoms.” Contraception 75:251-255.
Potter, Bill, John Gerofi, Mike Pope, and Tim Farley. 2003. “Structural integrity of the polyurethane female condom after multiple cycles of disinfection, washing, drying and relubrication.” Contraception 67:65-72.
Trussell, James. 1998. “Contraceptive efficacy of the Reality® Female Condom.” Contraception 58: 147-148.
Farr, Gatson, Henry Gabelnick, Kim Sturgen, and Laneta Dorflinger. 1994. “Contraceptive Efficacy and Acceptability of the Female Condom.” American Journal of Public Health 84(12): 1960-1964.
Acceptability
Lara, Diana K., Daniel A. Grossman, Jhoanne E. Muñoz, Santo R. Rosario, Bayardo J. Gómez, and Sandra G. García. 2009. “Acceptability and use of the female condom and diaphragm among sex workers in Dominican Republic: Results from a prospective study.” AIDS Education and Prevention 21(6): 538-551.
Fernández, María Lameiras, José María Faílde Garrido, Yolanda Rodríguez Castro, Ana María Núñez Managua, María Victoria Carrera Fernández and Marika L. Foltz. 2008. “Assessing female condom acceptability among heterosexual Spanish couples.” The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 13(3): 255-263.
Napierala, Sue, Mi-Suk Kang, Tsungai Chipato, Nancy Padian, and Ariane van der Straten. 2008. “Female condom uptake and acceptability in Zimbabwe.” AIDS Education and Prevention 20(2): 121-134.
Coffey, Patricia, Maggie Kilbourne-Brook, Glenn Austin, Yancy Seamans, and Jessica Cohen. 2006. “Short-term Acceptability of the PATH Woman’s Condom Among Couples At Three Sites.” Contraception 73: 588-593.
Smit, Jenni, Mags Beksinska, Gowri Vijayakumar, and Zonke Mabude. 2006. “Short-term acceptability of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: a randomized crossover trial among South African women.” Contraception 73: 394-398.
Smita, Joshi, Neelam Joglekar, D’Souza Yepthomi Rochelle, B. Kishore Kumar, Marianne Callahan, Solomon Suniti et al. 2005. “Comparative acceptability study of the Reality® female condom and version 4 of modified Reddy female condom in India.” Contraception 72:366-371.
Francis-Chizororo, Monica and Neddy Rita Natshalaga. 2003. “The female condom: acceptability and perception among rural women in Zimbabwe.” African Journal of Reproductive Health 7: 101-116.
Mantell, Joanne E., Susie Hoffman, Eugene Weiss, Lawrence Adeokun, Grace Delano, Temple Jagha et al. 2001. “The acceptability of the female condom: Perspectives of family planning providers in New York City, South Africa, and Nigeria.” Journal of Urban Health 78(4): 658-668.
Cost-Effectiveness
Dowdy, David W., Michael D. Sweat, and David R. Holtgrave. 2006. “Country-wide distribution of the nitrile female condom (FC2) in Brazil and South Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis.” AIDS 20: 2091-2098.
Marseille, Elliot, James G. Kahn, Kelvin Billinghurst, and Joseph Saba. 2001. “Cost-Effectiveness of the Female Condom in Preventing HIV and STDs in Commercial Sex Workers in Rural South Africa.” Social Science and Medicine 52(1): 135-148.
Social Marketing and Programming
Choi, Kyung-Hee and Steven E. Gregorich. 2009. “Social network influences on male and female condom use among women attending family planning clinics in the United States.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases 36(12): 757-762.
Choi, Kyung-Hee, Colleen Hoff, Steven E. Gregorich, Olga Grinstead, Cynthia Gomez, and Wendy Hussey. 2008. “The efficacy of a female condom skills training in HIV risk reduction among women: A randomized controlled trial.” American Journal of Public Health 98(10): 1841-1848.
Kalckmann, Susan, Norma Farias, and José da Rocha Carvalheiro. 2009. “Evaluation of continuity of use of female condoms among users of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS): longitudinal analysis in units in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil.” Rev Bras Epidemiol 12(2): 1-12.
Population Council and Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment. 2009. “Female-initiated prevention: integrating female condoms into HIV risk-reduction activities in Kenya.” Nairobi: Population Council.
Besinska, Mags, Jenni Smit, Zonke Mabude, Gowri Vijayakumar, and Linda Jabu. 2008. “Male partner involvement and assistance in female condom use.” The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 13(4): 400-403.
Hoke, TH, PJ Feldblum, K Van Damme, MD Nasution, TW Grey, EL Wong et al. 2007. “Temporal trends in sexually-transmitted infection prevalence and condom use following introduction of the female condom to Madagascar sex workers.” International Journal of STDS & AIDS 18: 461-466.
Artz, Lynn, Maurizio Macaluso, Joseph Kelaghan, Harland Austin, Michael Fleenor, Lawrence Robey et al. 2005. “An Intervention to Promote the Female Condom to Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients.” Behavior Modification 29(2): 318-369.
Warren, Mitchell and Anne Philpott. 2003. “Expanding safer sex options: introducing the female condom into national programmes.” Reproductive Health Matters. 11: 130-139.
Agha, Sohail and R Van Rossem. 2002. “Impact of Mass Media Campaigns on Intentions to Use the Female Condom in Tanzania.” International Family Planning Perspectives 28(3): 151-158.
Agha, Sohail. 2001. “Patterns of use of the female condom after one year of mass marketing.” AIDS Education and Prevention 13(1): 55-65.
Feldblum, Paul J., Job J. Bwayo, Maureen Kuyoh, Michael Welsh, Kelly A. Ryan, and Mario Chen-Mok. 2000. “The Female Condom and STDs: Design of a Community Intervention Trial.” Annals of Epidemiology 10(6): 339-46.
Anal Intercourse
Kelvin, Elizabeth A., Raymond A. Smith, Joanne E. Mantell, and Zena A. Stein. 2009. “Adding the female condom to the public health agenda on Prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men and women during anal intercourse.” American Journal of Public Health 99(6): 985-987.
Mantell, Joanne E., Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Theresa M. Exner, Susie Hoffman, Sarah Needham, and Zena A. Stein. 2009. “Anal use of the female condom: does uncertainty justify provider inaction?” AIDS Care 21(9): 1185-1194.
Gibson, Steven, William McFarland, Dan Wohlfeiler, Kurt Scheer, and Mitchell H. Katz. 1999. “Experiences of 100 men who have sex with men using the Reality condom for anal sex.” AIDS Education Prevention 11(1): 65-71.
Gross, Micheal, Susan P. Buchinbunder, Sarah Holte, Connie L. Celum, Beryl A. Koblin, and John M. Douglas Jr. 1999. “Use of reality ‘female condoms’ for anal sex by US men who have sex with men.” American Journal of Public Health 89(11): 1739-1741.
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