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One hundred female students from a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) completed a questionnaire that included the Condom Influence Strategies Scale (CIS) and participated in a focus group. An ANOVA was conducted to compare differences between never, inconsistent, and consistent condom users. Consistent condom users scored higher than never users on the \u201cwithholding sex\u201d subscale of the CIS (4.88 vs. 3.55; p &lt; 0.001) as well as endorsed items more strongly on the \u201cdirect request\u201d subscale of the CIS (4.63 vs. 3.82, p &lt; 0.05) than never users. A thematic analysis of open discussions identified overarching themes. Similarly, refusing sex and\/or having direct communications with partner emerged as primary strategies. Threats to negotiation included deciding the \u201cright timing\u201d of discussion and having a previous history of sexual intercourse without a condom with their partner. 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