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

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 Strong, Tyler Adamson, Anna Yakusik, Tran Thu Doan, Poyao Huang, Damiano Cerasuolo, Amie Bishop, Teymur Noori, Anastasia Pharris, Max Aung, Masoud Dara, Ssu Yu Chung, Marguerite Hanley, Stefan Baral, Chris Beyrer and Sean Howell
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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
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, CHU Caen - NU - Normandie Université - TCBN - Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie
Amie Bishop: OutRight Action International
Teymur Noori: ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Solna, Sweden]
Anastasia Pharris: ECDC - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Solna, 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
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

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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.

Keywords: COVID-19; Economic impact; Mental health; HIV; AIDS; Gay; Men who have sex with men (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-02
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Published in AIDS and Behavior, 2021, 25 (2), pp.311-321. ⟨10.1007/s10461-020-02969-0⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02969-0

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