1. 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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Santos, Glenn-Milo, Ackerman, Benjamin, Rao, Amrita, Wallach, Sara, Ayala, George, Lamontage, Erik, Garner, Alex, Holloway, Ian W, Arreola, Sonya, Silenzio, Vince, Strömdahl, Susanne, Yu, Louis, Strong, Carol, Adamson, Tyler, Yakusik, Anna, Doan, Tran Thu, Huang, Poyao, Cerasuolo, Damiano, Bishop, Amie, Noori, Teymur, Pharris, Anastasia, Aung, Max, Dara, Masoud, Chung, Ssu Yu, Hanley, Marguerite, Baral, Stefan, Beyrer, Chris, and Howell, Sean
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Behavioral and Social Science ,Prevention ,Pediatric AIDS ,Pediatric ,Mental Health ,Infectious Diseases ,Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM/LGBT*) ,Clinical Research ,HIV/AIDS ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,COVID-19 ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Ethnicity ,HIV Infections ,Health Services Accessibility ,Homosexuality ,Male ,Humans ,Male ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Economic impact ,Mental health ,HIV ,AIDS ,Gay ,Men who have sex with men ,Public Health and Health Services ,Social Work ,Public Health - 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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- 2021