The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV Testing Utilization Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: Cross-sectional Online Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has created disruptions in HIV prevention and sexual health services for men who have sex with men (MSM).

Objective

This study compared HIV testing utilization in 3 different reference periods (period 1: before the COVID-19 outbreak, November 2019-January 2020; period 2: after the outbreak, February-April 2020; and period 3: after the pandemic was under initial control, May-July 2020). Factors associated with HIV testing utilization after the COVID-19 outbreak (combined periods 2 and 3) were also investigated.

Methods

Participants were MSM aged ≥18 years living in Shenzhen, China. Those self-reporting as HIV positive were excluded. A total of 595 participants recruited through multiple sources completed a self-administered online surve

SUBMITTER: Zhang KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135116 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature