Titre

"I Can't Take This Shitty Quarantine Anymore": Sexual Behavior and PrEP Use Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Ferraz, Dulce
Auteure/Auteur
Rossi, Thais Aranha
Auteure/Auteur
Zucchi, Eliana Miura
Auteure/Auteur
de Deus, Luiz Fabio Alves
Auteure/Auteur
Mabire, Xavier
Auteure/Auteur
Ferguson, Laura
Auteure/Auteur
Magno, Laio
Auteure/Auteur
Grangeiro, Alexandre
Auteure/Auteur
Préau, Marie
Auteure/Auteur
Botelho, Fernanda Cangussu
Auteure/Auteur
Rodrigues, Ayra
Auteure/Auteur
Steele, Sabrina
Auteure/Auteur
Dourado, Inês
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
0004-0002
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2023-02
Volume
52
Numéro
2
Première page
689
Dernière page/numéro d’article
702
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
This study analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic affected sexual behavior and use of HIV prevention methods among young transgender women (YTGW) and young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (YGBMSM) participating in an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration study in Brazil. Online interviews with 39 participants aged 15-22 years old were conducted between September and November 2020 and analyzed based on social constructionism and human rights-based approaches to health. The pandemic disrupted interviewees' routines, negatively affecting their life conditions. Among those who did not have a steady partner, social distance measures led to temporary interruption of sexual encounters and increased sexting and solo sex. Conversely, for those who had a steady relationship such measures contributed to increasing sexual practices and intimacy. Participants who had sexual encounters during the pandemic reported having continued to use PrEP. However, home confinement with family, lack of privacy, loss of daily routines and changes in housing impaired PrEP adherence and attendance at follow-up consultations. These results highlight the importance of maintaining HIV-service delivery for these groups during a public health crisis, as well as to address the structural drivers of the epidemic with comprehensive HIV prevention policies and by ensuring access of YGBMSM and YTGW to social protection policies.
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Date de création
2023-04-03T09:12:55.491Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T20:40:02Z
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