COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Its Impacts in a Cohort of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia.

Prestage, G; Storer, D; Jin, F; Haire, B; Maher, L; Philpot, S; Bavinton, B; Saxton, P; Murphy, D; Holt, M; Bourne, A; Hammoud, M A

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Its Impacts in a Cohort of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia.

Prestage, G; Storer, D; Jin, F; Haire, B; Maher, L; Philpot, S; Bavinton, B; Saxton, P; Murphy, D; Holt, M; Bourne, A; Hammoud, M A.

Prestage G; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. gprestage@kirby.unsw.edu.au.
Storer D; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Jin F; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Haire B; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Maher L; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Philpot S; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Bavinton B; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Saxton P; School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Murphy D; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Holt M; Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Bourne A; Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Wallace Wurth Building, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Hammoud MA; Australian Research Centre in Sex Health & Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

AIDS Behav ; 26(8): 2692-2702, 2022 Aug.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1669845

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Successful use of biomedical forms of HIV risk-reduction may have predisposed many gay and bisexual men (GBM) to vaccination against COVID-19, which may, in turn, affect their sexual behavior. A total of 622 Australian GBM provided weekly data on COVID-19 vaccination history and sexual behaviour between 17 January 2021 and 22 June 2021. We identify factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination, and compare sexual behavior before and since vaccination. Mean age was 47.3 years (SD 14.0). At least one-dose vaccination coverage had reached 57.2%, and 61.3% reported that the majority of their friends intended to be vaccinated. Vaccinated men reported a mean of 1.11 (SD 2.10) weekly non-relationship sex partners before vaccination and 1.62 (SD 3.42) partners following vaccination. GBM demonstrated high confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. Their sexual activity increased following vaccination suggesting that greater sexual freedom may be a specific motivation for vaccine uptake among some men.

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COVID-19; HIV Infections; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Australia/epidemiology; Bisexuality; COVID-19/epidemiology; COVID-19/prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines; HIV Infections/epidemiology; HIV Infections/prevention & control; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Partners

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COVID-19; Gay and bisexual men; Sexual behaviour; Vaccines

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: HIV Infections / Sexual and Gender Minorities / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: English Journal: AIDS Behav Journal subject: Behavioral Sciences / SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S10461-022-03611-x

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