Anastasia Pharris, Max T. Aung, Sonya Arreola, Masoud Dara, Vince Silenzio, Ian W. Holloway, Amrita Rao, Benjamin Ackerman, Sean Howell, Erik Lamontage, Damiano Cerasuolo, Ssu Yu Chung, Stefan Baral, Susanne Strömdahl, Teymur Noori, Sara Wallach, Poyao Huang, Louis Lei Yu, Marguerite Hanley, Amie Bishop, Anna Yakusik, Alex Garner, Tran T. Doan, Tyler Adamson, Chris Beyrer, George Ayala, Glenn-Milo Santos, Carol Strong, Community Health Systems Department, University of California San Francisco, Center of Public Health Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights, Joint United Nations Programme On HIV and AIDS, Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques (AMSE), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California Los Angeles, Rutgers School of Public Health, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, Gustavus Adolphus College, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Department of Communication, University of California San Diego, Centre d'Investigation Clinique [CHU Rouen] (CIC Rouen), Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University Hospital of CAEN, OutRight Action International, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control [Stockholm, Sweden] (ECDC), WHO Regional Office for Europe [Copenhagen], LGBT Foundation, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen, and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
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.Existe una necesidad urgente para medir los impactos de COVID-19 entre hombres gay y otros hombres que tienen sexo con hombres (HSH). Hemos conducido una encuesta multifuncional con una prueba mundial de hombres gay y otros HSH (n = 2732) desde el 16 de Abril hasta el 4 de Mayo del 2020, a través de una aplicación de red social. Nosotros caracterizamos los impactos económicos, de salud mental, prevención del VIH y tratamiento del VIH e impactos a COVID-19 y la respuesta de COVID-19, y examinamos si subgrupos de nuestra población de estudio fueron impactados desproporcionadamente por COVID-19. Muchos hombres no tan solo reportaron consecuencias económicas y de salud mental, sino también interrupciones de prevención y de pruebas de VIH, y cuidado del VIH y servicios de tratamiento. Encontramos consecuencias más significantes entre personas viviendo con VIH, grupos raciales/etnicos, migrantes, sexo servidores, y groupos socioeconomicamente disfavorecidos. Los resultados subrayan la necesidad crucial de mitigar los impactos multifacéticos de COVID-19 entre los hombres homosexuales y otros HSH, especialmente para aquellos con vulnerabilidades entrelazadas.