Table 1.
Quantitative summary of information provided about the FC on state and municipal US DOH Web sites.
| Information on Web site | Total Web sites N (%) [N=79] |
State DOH Web sites N (%) [N=50] |
Municipal DOH Web sites N (%) [N=29] |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any mention of FC on Web sitea | 48 (60.8) | 36 (72.0) | 12 (41.4) | 0.009 |
| Section of Web site with FC information | ||||
| Only contraception (e.g., family planning) | 16 (33.3) | 14 (38.9) | 2 (16.7) | 0.162 |
| Only disease prevention (e.g., HIV/AIDS, STDs) | 15 (31.3) | 12 (33.3) | 3 (25.0) | |
| Both contraception & disease prevention | 15 (31.3) | 10 (27.8) | 7 (58.3) | |
| Visual depiction of FC on Web site | 0.186 | |||
| Photograph | 14 (29.2) | 8 (22.2) | 6 (50.0) | |
| Drawing/Graphic | 9 (18.8) | 6 (16.7) | 3 (25.0) | |
| None | 26 (54.2) | 22 (61.1) | 4 (33.3) | |
| Written instructions given for vaginal insertion and removal of FC | 0.013 | |||
| Yes | 16 (33.3) | 8(22.2) | 8 (66.7) | |
| No | 32 (66.7) | 28 (77.8) | 4 (33.3) | |
| Illustrations depicting insertion method shown alongside written instructions (if applicable) | 0.499 | |||
| Yes | 11 (68.8) | 5 (62.5) | 6 (75.0) | |
| No | 5 (31.3) | 3 (37.5) | 2 (25.0) | |
| Specific mention of the FC as the FC2/female condom 2 | 0.007 | |||
| Yes | 7 (14.6) | 2 (5.6) | 5 (41.7) | |
| No | 41 (85.4) | 34 (94.4) | 7 (58.3) | |
| Mention that the FC is made of nitrile | 0.012 | |||
| Yes | 5 (10.4) | 1 (2.8) | 4 (33.3) | |
| No | 43 (89.6) | 35 (97.2) | 8 (66.7) | |
| Among those that did not mention the FC being made of nitrile, what material did they mention? | * | |||
| Polyurethane | 17 (39.5) | 13 (37.1) | 4 (50.0) | |
| Polyurethane & nitrile | 2 (4.7) | 2 (5.7) | 0 | |
| Plastic | 3 (7.0) | 3 (8.6) | 0 | |
| Silicon | 1 (2.3) | 1 (2.9) | 0 | |
| Synthetic rubber | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 1 (12.5) | |
| No material mentioned | 19 (44.2) | 16 (45.7) | 3 (37.5) | |
| Explicit mention to use FC only one time | 0.725 | |||
| Yes | 16 (33.3) | 11 (30.6) | 5 (41.7) | |
| No | 32 (66.7) | 25 (69.4) | 7 (58.3) | |
| Explicit mention to not use FC and male condom concurrently during vaginal intercourse | 0.139 | |||
| Yes | 14 (29.2) | 8 (22.2) | 6 (50.0) | |
| No | 34 (70.8) | 28 (77.8) | 6 (50.0) | |
| Explicit mention that the FC can be inserted prior to vaginal intercourse | 0.202 | |||
| Yes | 10 (20.8) | 6 (16.7) | 4 (33.3) | |
| No | 38 (79.2) | 30 (83.3) | 8 (66.6) | |
| Number of hours FC can be inserted prior to vaginal intercourse | * | |||
| 2 hours | 2 (4.2) | 0 | 2 (16.7) | |
| 6 hours | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 1 (8.3) | |
| 8 hours | 7 (14.6) | 6 (16.7) | 1 (8.3) | |
| 12 hours | 1 (2.1) | 0 | 1 (8.3) | |
| Not mentioned | 38 (79.2) | 30 (83.3) | 8 (75.0) | |
Two-tailed Fisher exact tests for criteria with two categories and the Freeman–Halton extension of the Fisher exact probability test for criteria with three categories were performed to evaluate significant differences between state and municipal DOH Web sites.
a
Acceptable references to the female condom include the female condom, FC, FC2, the female condom 2, the Reality® condom and Reality®.
*
p-value not calculated due to small and zero cells.