Journal of Women's Health Care
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Elsie Chizoba Maduke

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• Research Article
  Reuse and Acceptability of the Female Condom in Nigeria
  Author(s): Kizito Uzoma Ndugbu, Elsie Chizoba Maduke, Jane Chidimma Ezennia Kizito Uzoma Ndugbu, Elsie Chizoba Maduke, Jane Chidimma Ezennia
  
  Aims: This study is determined to finding out the motivations for reuse; problems resulting from reuse of female condoms and, whether these affect its acceptability. Methods: This study reports on naturally occurring reuse from a small, purposive sample of self-identified women who, prior to the study, had reused the female condom of their own volition without reuse instruction. Results: Reporting that cost, inadequate supply, saving time and mere experimentation as motivating them; most of the respondents reported no problems with reuse. Conclusion: Irrespective of identified safety concerns, faced with barriers to single use of a female condom, majority of women will resort to reuse and rely on their own “common sense” notions to implement reuse. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000429

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