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Economic, Mental Health, HIV Prevention and HIV Treatment Impacts of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Response on a Global Sample of Cisgender Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men

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  • Glenn-Milo Santos

    (UC San Francisco - University of California [San Francisco] - UC - University of California, Center of Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health)

  • Benjamin Ackerman

    (Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Amrita Rao

    (Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Sara Wallach

    (Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • George Ayala

    (MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights)

  • Erik Lamontagne

    (Joint United Nations Programme On HIV and AIDS, AMSE - Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Alex Garner
  • Ian Holloway

    (Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California Los Angeles)

  • Sonya Arreola

    (MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights)

  • Vince Silenzio

    (Rutgers School of Public Health)

  • Susanne Strömdahl

    (Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences)

  • Louis Yu

    (Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Gustavus Adolphus College)

  • Carol Strong

    (NCKU - National Cheng Kung University)

  • Tyler Adamson

    (Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Anna Yakusik

    (Joint United Nations Programme On HIV and AIDS)

  • Tran Thu Doan

    (Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

  • Poyao Huang

    (Department of Communication, University of California San Diego)

  • Damiano Cerasuolo

    (CIC Rouen - Centre d'Investigation Clinique [CHU Rouen] - Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen] - CHU Rouen - NU - Normandie Université - CHU Rouen - NU - Normandie Université - UNIROUEN - Université de Rouen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - INSERM - Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, University Hospital of CAEN)

  • Amie Bishop

    (OutRight Action International)

  • Teymur Noori

    (ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Stockholm, Sweden])

  • Anastasia Pharris

    (ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Stockholm, Sweden])

  • Max Aung

    (Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan)

  • Masoud Dara

    (WHO Regional Office for Europe [Copenhagen])

  • Ssu Yu Chung

    (LGBT Foundation)

  • Marguerite Hanley
  • Stefan Baral

    (Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Chris Beyrer

    (Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • Sean Howell

    (LGBT Foundation)

Abstract

There is an urgent need to measure the impacts of COVID-19 among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM). We conducted a cross-sectional survey with a global sample of gay men and other MSM (n = 2732) from April 16, 2020 to May 4, 2020, through a social networking app. We characterized the economic, mental health, HIV prevention and HIV treatment impacts of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 response, and examined whether sub-groups of our study population are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Many gay men and other MSM not only reported economic and mental health consequences, but also interruptions to HIV prevention and testing, and HIV care and treatment services. These consequences were significantly greater among people living with HIV, racial/ethnic minorities, immigrants, sex workers, and socio-economically disadvantaged groups. These findings highlight the urgent need to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 among gay men and other MSM.

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  • Glenn-Milo Santos & Benjamin Ackerman & Amrita Rao & Sara Wallach & George Ayala & Erik Lamontagne & Alex Garner & Ian Holloway & Sonya Arreola & Vince Silenzio & Susanne Strömdahl & Louis Yu & Carol , 2021. "Economic, Mental Health, HIV Prevention and HIV Treatment Impacts of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 Response on a Global Sample of Cisgender Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men," Post-Print hal-02909813, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02909813
    DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02969-0
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    1. Youssoufa M. Ousseine & Sophie Vaux & Stéphanie Vandentorren & Isabelle Bonmarin & Karen Champenois & Nathalie Lydié & Annie Velter, 2022. "Predictors of Uncertainty and Unwillingness to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine in Men Who Have Sex with Men in France," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-12, April.
    2. Munasinghe, Lalani L. & Yin, Weijia & Nathani, Hasan & Toy, Junine & Sereda, Paul & Barrios, Rolando & Montaner, Julio S.G. & Lima, Viviane D., 2024. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV treatment gap lengths and viremia among people living with HIV British Columbia, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are we ready for the next pandemic?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 350(C).

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