Key Findings from the European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey in Greece
| Autor: | Georgios Polkas, Sophocles Chanos, Katerina Pantavou, Nicolaos Dedes, Axel J. Schmidt, Georgios Tsiakalakis, Georgios Papageorgiou, Georgios K. Nikolopoulos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Psychological intervention
Men who have sex with men 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine MSM 030212 general & internal medicine sexually transmitted infections Depression (differential diagnoses) Reproductive health 030505 public health Greece Descriptive statistics business.industry HIV Hepatitis A EMIS-2017 medicine.disease PrEP Health promotion PEP Anxiety online survey medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiologia Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 10-123 |
| ISSN: | 2673-3986 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/epidemiologia2010010 |
| Popis: | The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS-2017) is an international survey for men who have sex with men (MSM) designed to measure the level and distribution of four dimensions: (a) sexual health outcomes, (b) risk and precaution behaviors, (c) health promotion needs, and (d) coverage/uptake of interventions. The aim of the current work is to provide an overview of key demographics and findings for MSM in Greece covering the abovementioned dimensions of EMIS-2017, especially regarding HIV. Overall, 2909 men met the inclusion criteria for the analysis. The participants’ age ranged between 15 and 74 years old (median 35 years). According to the descriptive analysis, 14.4% of the participants reported moderate and 8.9% severe anxiety and depression. The self-reported HIV prevalence was 11%. A high number of participants had non-steady male partners (74%, n = 2153). The number of non-steady intercourse partners in the last 12 months was over two for about 61.5% (n = 1321) of the participants. A very small number of participants had ever tried to get pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (2.2%, n = 63), and 41.2% of the participants (n = 1199) were unaware of PrEP. About half of the participants (51.6%, n = 1501) did not know that vaccination against both hepatitis A and B viruses is recommended for MSM. The results of EMIS-2017 identify important needs and can help policy making and prevention planning. |
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