Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(29)
A1 Condom Effectiveness Studied Condoms are effective in fighting the spread of H.I.V. and gonorrhea, but there is not enough evidence to say for certain that they protect against other diseases, federal officials concluded in a draft report.
Studies that evaluate condom effectiveness are affected by factors related to how the condom was used, and these factors may not be consistent between different types of condoms.
"To definitely answer the remaining questions about condom effectiveness for preventing S.T.D. (sexually transmitted disease) infections will require well-designed and ethically sound clinical studies," said the report, a National Institutes of Health study to be released Friday.
However, based upon typical usage, condom effectiveness is 85%.
A 1992 meta-analysis of condom effectiveness showed a 69% reduction in HIV transmission in individuals who use condoms.
If condom effectiveness was common knowledge during the epidemic, gay men would still not use them all of the time.
Similar(31)
Breakage rates, for example (which most users probably regard as the crucial test of a condom's effectiveness), have fallen without fanfare to 1-2%, down from 11-13% in the 1980s.
Other independent variables were sexual activity, perception of condoms' protective effectiveness of STIs including HIV/AIDS, knowledge about places where condoms are available or distributed for free, experience with seeing or having heard about condoms, feelings about condom prices and how would one feel being seen by a parent or guardian holding or buying condoms.
In PrEP scenarios with both low coverage and low effectiveness, condom substitution even led to an increase in the number of HIV infections in all three settings.
The belief that the lubricants on condoms cause cervical cancer when condoms are used consistently for long durations may lead to non-use of condoms in spite of the proven effectiveness of condom use for control of HIV in Uganda [ 42, 43].
Aside from being generally unpleasant, re-using a condom will decrease its effectiveness from "extremely effective" to "not very effective".
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com