1. This issue of the Journal of urban health

   • David Vlahov

   BriefCommunication Pages: 569 - 570

2. Female-initiated barrier methods for the prevention of STI/HIV: Where are we now? where should we go?

   • Mary Latka

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 571 - 580

3. Constraints faced by sex workers in use of female and male condoms for safer sex in urban Zimbabwe

   • Sunanda Ray
   • Janneke van de Wijgert
   • Caroline Maposhere

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 581 - 592

4. A brief sexual barrier intervention for women living with AIDS: Acceptability, use, and ethnicity

   • Deborah L. Jones
   • Stephen M. Weiss
   • Neil Schneiderman

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 593 - 604

5. The female condom, a tool for emprowering sexually active urban adolescent women

   • Gwen Raphan
   • Sarah Cohen
   • Ann M. Boyer

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 605 - 613

6. Acceptability of the reality® female condom and a latex prototype

   • Mary Latka
   • Carol Joanis
   • Lucinda Glover

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 614 - 626

7. Reproductive health differences among Latin American- and US-born young women

   • Alexandra M. Minnis
   • Nancy S. Padian

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 627 - 637

8. Female condom reuse in Lusaka, Zambia: Evidence from 12 cases

   • Jason B. Smith
   • Gladys Nkhama
   • Dorace A. Trottier

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 638 - 646

9. The acceptability of reuse of the female condom among urban South African women

   • Audrey E. Pettifor
   • Mags E. Beksinska
   • Kim E. Dickson-Tettell

   Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 647 - 657

10. The acceptability of the female condom: Perspectives of family planning providers in New York City, South Africa, and Nigeria

    • Joanne E. Mantell
    • Susie Hoffman
    • Ellen Weiss

    Special Feature: Female-Initiated Methods of STI/HIV Prevention Pages: 658 - 668

11. 25 years of HIV in New York City: Lessons from surveillance

    • New York City Department of Health HIV Epidemiology Group
    • Pauline Thomas

    General Topics Pages: 669 - 678

12. What do pharmacists think about New York State's new nonprescription syringe sale program? Results of a survey

    • Susan J. Klein
    • Kathleen Harris-Valente
    • Guthrie S. Birkhead

    General Topics Pages: 679 - 689

13. Substance abuse and high-risk needle-related behaviors among homeless youth in minneapolis: Implications for prevention

    • Alan R. Lifson
    • Linda L. Halcón

    General Topics Pages: 690 - 698