Department of Social Welfare, Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2022 Mar;26(3):631-638. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03423-5. Epub 2021 Aug 13.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused disruptions to health care access for sexual and gender minorities in the U.S. We sought to explore the impact of COVID-19 on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use and sexual health services by assessing PrEP eligibility and use, changes in sexual behaviors, and HIV/STI testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed 239 young sexual minority men (YSMM) 17-24 years old between April and September 2020 in the U.S. One-in-seven YSMM PrEP users discontinued use during the pandemic, and all those who discontinued PrEP reported a decrease in sexual activity. Twenty percent reported difficulty getting prescriptions and medications from their doctors or pharmacies, and more than 10% reported challenges accessing HIV/STI testing. Among those who met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for PrEP (n = 104), 86.5% were not currently using PrEP. Among those surveyed 3 months or later after the start of major COVID-19 stay-at-home measures (n = 165), 35.8% reported CAS with a causal partner within the past 3 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeking HIV testing was associated with reporting condomless anal sex in the previous 3 months, indicating the necessity for ensuring continuity of basic sexual health services for YSMM. Failure to adequately adjust HIV prevention services and intervention in the face of pandemic-related adversity undermines efforts to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.
译文:
新冠疫情对美国性少数群体的医疗服务产生了负面影响。我们旨在评估新冠疫情对 HIV 暴露前预防(PrEP)使用和性健康服务的影响,包括评估 PrEP 资格和使用情况、性行为变化以及 HIV/性传播感染(STI)检测。我们于 2020 年 4 月至 9 月期间在美国调查了 239 名年龄在 17-24 岁的年轻性少数群体男性(YSMM)。七分之一的 PrEP 用户在疫情期间停止使用 PrEP,所有停止使用 PrEP 的人都报告性行为减少。20%的人报告难以从医生或药店获得处方和药物,超过 10%的人报告难以进行 HIV/STI 检测。在符合疾病预防控制中心(CDC)PrEP 标准的 104 名患者中,86.5%目前未使用 PrEP。在开始实施主要新冠疫情居家措施后 3 个月或更长时间接受调查的 165 名患者中,35.8%报告在过去 3 个月内在 COVID-19 大流行期间与固定伴侣发生过无保护的肛交性行为。寻求 HIV 检测与报告过去 3 个月内无保护肛交性行为呈正相关,表明有必要确保为 YSMM 提供连续性的基本性健康服务。在面对与疫情相关的逆境时,未能充分调整 HIV 预防服务和干预措施,可能会破坏美国终结 HIV 疫情的努力。
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