%0 Journal Article
%T Social and psychological factors affecting utilization of female condom among youths in Migori County, Kenya
%A Albert Gachau
%A Caroline Githae
%A Joshua Omwenga Boraya
%A Titus Abuga Atandi
%J Health Psychology Open
%@ 2055-1029
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2055102918815336
%X The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and conception of unwanted pregnancies. In Migori, HIV prevalence is 16£¿percent and utilization of female condom is at 0.3£¿percent. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 380 youths who were systematically and randomly sampled. Majority of youths (86.6%) were aged between 18 and 25£¿years with 83.9£¿percent being single, 95.3£¿percent were Christians, and 4.7£¿percent Muslim. There was a significant association between marital status, Men¡¯s role in negotiation of safe sex, incompetence in female condom insertion, and utilization of the female condom
%K female condom
%K youth in tertiary institutions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2055102918815336