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Revitalizing Condom-Centered HIV Prevention Strategies

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HIV infection rates remain steady in the USA despite the numerous prevention programs and tools available. Condoms play a central role in HIV prevention because they are highly effective, readily available, and affordable. Unfortunately, condom promotion efforts often incite fear as a motive force, while also taking the common “one-size-fits-all” approach. Reframing condom promotion through a sexual health framework, focusing on pleasure and highlighting condom fit issues, improves intervention efficacy. Condom distribution policies may further perpetuate condom users’ difficulty, by withholding particular condom styles, brands, and information highlighting the nuances in shape, size, and material. Condom education and distribution practices focused on pleasure, proper fit, and condom access issues might increase condom utilization among high-risk populations.

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Joshua O’Neal and Lorree Berteau declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Sexuality Studies, San Francisco State University, HSS 370, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94132, USA

    Joshua D. O’Neal & Lorree C. Berteau

  2. Interdisciplinary Department, City College of San Francisco, Batmale 211 (L157), 50 Phelan Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94112, USA

    Joshua D. O’Neal

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O’Neal, J.D., Berteau, L.C. Revitalizing Condom-Centered HIV Prevention Strategies. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 12, 139–144 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-014-0250-8

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