“Condoms are boring”: navigating relationship dynamics, gendered power, and motivations for condomless sex amongst adolescents and young people in South …

Z Duby, K Jonas, T McClinton Appollis… - … Journal of Sexual …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Condoms remain an important method for preventing HIV prevention and unintentional
pregnancies, however their use in South Africa is sub-optimal. We analyzed survey data on …

Global disease burden attributed to unsafe sex in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

P Qiu, H He, Y Zhao, Z Yang, S Li, P Ni, Y Guo, C Ji… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Unsafe sex has become a public safety problem that endangers society, and research on
deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) related to unsafe sex is valuable for global …

Is development work still so straight? Heteronormativity in the development sector over a decade on

S Jolly - Development in Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Eleven years ago, I published an article in this journal detailing the ways that international
development work was heteronormative, assuming heterosexual gender stereotyped …

An examination of condom brand's social media influence on sexual health messages

MA Xu, M Griffin, J Jaiswal - Health Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social media is a primary source of sexual health information for young adults. Increased
exposure to sexual health education on social media is associated with safer sexual …

A Network Science Approach to Sex-Polydrug Use Among Black Sexually Minoritized Men and Transgender Women: The N2 Cohort Study

CH Shrader, DT Duncan, J Knox, YT Chen, R Driver… - Prevention …, 2024 - Springer
Black sexually minoritized men (SMM) and transgender women (TW) are subgroups with
lower rates of substance use and comparable rates of condom use relative to White SMM …

Predictors of consistent condom use among male construction workers who have engaged in concurrent sex with regular sex partners, casual sex partners, and sex …

K Yakubu, P Bowen, R Govender - Psychology, Health & Medicine, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates the predictors of consistent condom use among male construction
workers in South Africa who reported concurrent sexual relationships with regular partners …

Epidemiological trends and burden analysis of cervical cancer attributable to unsafe sex: A population‐based study from 1990 to 2019

X Zhang, X Zhang, Y Chen, T Ou, X Wang… - Public Health …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Unsafe sex is recognized as an important risk factor for cervical cancer (CC).
Understanding the global disease burden of CC attributable to unsafe sex can assist …

The influence of type of sexual partnership on male condom use: empirical evidence from the South African construction industry

K Yakubu, P Bowen, R Govender - African Journal of AIDS …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
There are indications that gender has an effect on individual risk factors and pathways to
HIV diagnoses and treatment. Furthermore, there is growing recognition that to improve HIV …

Culture‐based stigmatizing attitudes toward condom use among Chinese older adults: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

W Peng, Q Zhou, LA Goldsamt, Y Shen… - Public Health …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore their perceptions and attitudes toward condom use and the underlying
reasons for the low usage frequency among Chinese older adults. Methods A qualitative …

[HTML][HTML] Female condom color and scent preference in Durban, South Africa

M Beksinska, J Smit, A Mona, V Maphumulo, N Mphili… - Contraception: X, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess preferences for female condom (FC) colors and scents. Study design
Women aged 18–40 years were randomized to one of three FCs (FC2, Cupid1, Cupid2) two …