Ventura-DiPersia Christina, Rodriguez Kristina, Kelvin Elizabeth A
Doctor of Public Health Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York School of Public Health, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016; New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Valhalla, NY 10595.
Doctor of Public Health Program, The Graduate Center, City University of New York School of Public Health, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016.
Contraception. 2015 Jul;92(1):40-5. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 Mar 20.
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.
在美国，女用避孕套（FC）的使用率历来较低；推广不足可能是潜在使用者面临的一个障碍。我们对州和市卫生部门的网站进行了内容分析，以描述FC在预防怀孕和疾病方面是如何被推广的。我们发现，只有极少数（60.8%）的卫生部门网站提及了FC，而那些提及的网站在信息传递方面存在大量不准确之处。这些不准确之处可能会阻碍FC的使用，或者对首次使用该产品的体验产生不利影响。
