Kinnman, Elin Herder, Tobias Björkman, Per Månsson, Fredrik Agardh, Anette
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Global health action
HIV self-testing (HIVST) has been found to have high acceptability among men who have sex with men (MSM) internationally and might contribute to increase testing frequencies, but many countries, including Sweden, lack policies for using HIVST. To examine interest to use and willingness to pay for HIVST, and associated factors, among MSM attending H...
Wahome, Elizabeth Boyd, Anders Thiong'o, Alexander N Mohamed, Khamisi Oduor, Tony Gichuru, Evans Mwambi, John van der Elst, Elise Graham, Susan M Prins, Maria
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HIV medicine
To assess frequency and predictors of switching between being on and off PrEP and being lost to follow-up (LTFU) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) with access to PrEP services in Sub-Saharan Africa. This was a prospective cohort study of MSM and TGW from coastal Kenya who initiated daily oral PrEP from June 2017 to J...
Fouché, Tom Del Vecchio, Natascha Papadopoulou, Martha Sypsa, Vana Roussos, Sotirios Paraskevis, Dimitrios Chanos, Sophocles Dedes, Nikos Khanna, Aditya Hotton, Anna
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AIDS and behavior
Although the HIV epidemic in Athens, Greece has reemerged and spread in men who have sex with men (MSM), state-supported PrEP programs have not been instituted. A PrEP intervention was implemented building upon an existing network cohort of MSM (308 participants; 1212 network members). A PrEP intervention cohort of 106 participants was selected bas...
Solaimalai, Dhanalakshmi Gupta, Ankan George, Leni Manesh, Abi Karthik, Rajiv Sathishkumar, Dharshini Peter, C. V Dincy Varghese, George M Pulimood, Susanne A Kannangai, Rajesh
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Frontiers in Public Health
Since 2000, a resurgence of syphilis has been noted in many developed and developing countries, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM). Incidence and prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women have been reduced drastically by mandatory screening in early pregnancy. Insufficient data in other populations especially from developing countries ...
Stephenson, Rob Rogers, Erin Mansergh, Gordon Hirshfield, Sabina Sullivan, Patrick
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AIDS and behavior
While there is strong evidence that the experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) shapes PrEP use among heterosexual women, evidence for similar relationships among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) is scant. In this paper we analyze baseline data from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an HIV prevention interv...
Stephenson, Rob Sullivan, Stephen P Pitter, Renée A Hunter, Alexis S Chavanduka, Tanaka M D
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AIDS and behavior
This paper presents data from the Love and Sex in the Time of COVID survey, an online survey with US gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. The first round of the Love and Sex in the Time of COVID-19 survey was conducted online from April to May, 2020: the second round was collected November 2020 to January 2021. GBMSM were recruited th...
Yu, Yan Wang, Xinyu Wu, Yaxin Weng, Wenjia Zhang, Ming Li, Juan Huang, Xiaojie Gao, Yanqing
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BMC psychiatry
Men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV are more likely to suffer from mental health problems. They should be given adequate attention to treat and improve their mental health disorders. This meta-analysis aimed to assess whether psychosocial interventions reliably improve psychological well-being among MSM living with HIV. Cochrane Library...
Di Ciaccio, Marion Delabre, Rosemary M. Vilotitch, Antoine Corbelli, Giulio Maria Villes, Virginie Ros Sánchez, Alejandro Zantkuijl, Paul Sweers, Holger Sanchez, Flor Meulbroek, Michael
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Archives of Sexual Behavior
Combination HIV prevention covers a range of biomedical, behavioral, and socio-structural interventions. Despite the growing availability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), it is not always accessible in European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control reporting countries and may not meet the needs of all at-risk populations. Based on the Flash!...
Pravosud, Vira Ballard, April M Holloway, Ian W Young, April M
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JMIR Formative Research
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) residing outside of large urban areas are underrepresented in research on online partner seeking and sexual behaviors related to transmission of HIV. Objective We aimed to determine associations between the use of the internet or social networking apps ( online tools ) to meet partners for sex, dating, or ...
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This mixed-methods study aimed to explore mental well-being, circumstances and strategies around managing sexual intimacy and risk during the first UK COVID-19 lockdown (Spring 2020) among men and gender diverse people who have sex with men (MGDPSM), commencing while lockdown was in progress. n = 1429 MGDPSM completed the survey and 14 undertook an...
