Open AccessBarriers and Motives for Complying With “Sexual Distancing” Among Men Who Have Sex With Men During the First COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown in Amsterdam: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Dominique C. de Vries,
Hanne M L Zimmermann,
Susanne Drückler,
Udi Davidovich,
Elske Hoornenborg,
Henry J. C. de Vries
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001636
Subject(s) - social distance , pandemic , distancing , medicine , qualitative research , reproductive health , covid-19 , public health , psychology , social psychology , population , disease , environmental health , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology , social science , pathology
Between March 15 and May 31, 2020, the Dutch government imposed lockdown and health measures to curb the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As part of social distancing, sexual distancing was one of these measures. Sexual distancing implied refraining from sex with partners outside of one's household. We aimed to elucidate barriers and motives for complying with sexual distancing and related factors that could have led to (non)compliance among men who have sex with men.