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HIV/AIDS Prevention
Misconceptions regarding condom use have implications for HIV prevention
June 28th, 2004
Misconceptions regarding condom use have implications for HIV prevention. "A questionnaire was administered to 213 sexually active first-year Nigerian university students and 150 Black and 150 White South African adults. Nigerian students gave 90% correct answers on 6 of the 10 items of a measure of condom knowledge (M=6.1)," scientists in South Africa report. "The most common mistakes with respect to condom use," wrote K. Peltzer and coworkers, "were ignorance about putting a condom on just before ejaculation (37%), the use of an oil-based lubricant with a condom (29%), and when to take off a condom (28%). For the South African sample utility of the...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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