. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 23.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Dec 26;54(3):440–443. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.10.022

Table 2.

Benefits and Limitations of Terminology and Related Messages

Dual use	Dual protection	Dual prevention
• Widely used (+)	• Can refer to prevention goals (+)	• Refers to prevention goals (+)
• Focuses on methods, including contraceptive method only (−)	• Conflated with dual use (−)	• One or multiple methods (+)
• Focuses on two methods only (−)	• Focuses primarily on condoms as STI/HIV prevention strategy (−)	• STI/HIV prevention methods beyond condoms (+)
		• “Dual” has limitations (−)

(+), benefit; (−), limitation; STI, sexually transmitted infection.