{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Henderson H"],"funding":["Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","The University of Melbourne","Marie Stopes Timor-Leste"],"pagination":["e0002409"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10540955"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["3(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The uptake of male condoms remains markedly low in The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste), an island nation in South-East Asia. To understand why, we conducted participatory and operational research about beliefs, understanding and access to male condoms from both a community and healthcare provider perspective. We held 14 participatory group discussions (PGDs) with 175 community participants (84 men, 91 women; aged 18-72) across seven municipalities (Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro, Dili, Lautem, Manufahi, and Oecusse) in 2019. We held individual in-depth interviews (IDIs) with 24 healthcare providers working in the same community catchment areas as the PGDs. Two counsellors, four doctors, fifteen midwives, and three nurses participated (16 women, 8 men; aged 25-56 years). Data wer"],"journal":["PLOS global public health"],"pubmed_title":["'It depends on who is asking and why they will use it': Access to male condoms in Timor-Leste."],"pmcid":["PMC10540955"],"funding_grant_id":["EQUI-T Program","DE200100264","Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship","Human Rights Scholarship"],"pubmed_authors":["da Silva AM","Soares Xavier HA","Henderson H","da Silva M","Vaughan C","Mendonca SA","de Araujo RM","Bohren MA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"'It depends on who is asking and why they will use it': Access to male condoms in Timor-Leste.","description":"The uptake of male condoms remains markedly low in The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor-Leste), an island nation in South-East Asia. To understand why, we conducted participatory and operational research about beliefs, understanding and access to male condoms from both a community and healthcare provider perspective. We held 14 participatory group discussions (PGDs) with 175 community participants (84 men, 91 women; aged 18-72) across seven municipalities (Ainaro, Baucau, Bobonaro, Dili, Lautem, Manufahi, and Oecusse) in 2019. We held individual in-depth interviews (IDIs) with 24 healthcare providers working in the same community catchment areas as the PGDs. Two counsellors, four doctors, fifteen midwives, and three nurses participated (16 women, 8 men; aged 25-56 years). Data wer","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023","modification":"2025-04-19T23:48:35.41Z","creation":"2025-04-19T23:48:35.41Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10540955","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37773929"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pgph.0002409"]}}