An analysis of relatived influencing factors in condom promotion for AIDS/STD prevention

Objective To analysze the conditions,the acceptability and the influencing factors in condom use among reproductive-age population,and to explore the effective means of condom promotion in AIDS/STD prevention.Methods Questionnaire survey,focus-group discussion and in-depth interview among policy-makers were conducted among the targeted reproductive-age population and some administrative/service providers.Results Among 511 studied subject who never used condom,57.73% and 72.21% were aware of benefit of using condom in the prevention of AIDS and STD respectively.Above 85% of them showed their willingness to use condom during their sexual lives.Among 180 condom users,67.78% and 76.11% knew that using condom could prevent AIDS and STD,respectively.Compared with those who did not understand that condom could prevent STD/AIDS transmission,subjects who were conscious of such benefit had higher satisfaction thought with condom using.The satisfied degree of the persons who can use condom correctly and the persons who think using condom will not affect their sexual life was also higher.There were a lot of influencing factors in impeding condom using,mainly due to lacking of STD/AIDS related knowlodge and some problems in accessing to condom and some misunderstandings in condom affecting sexual life.Conclusions It is necessary to strengthen STD/AIDS health education and to improve condom sales-network and to integrate family planning service into condom promotion.