Open AccessPhysical Distancing Due to COVID-19 Disrupts Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Implications for Trends in HIV and Other Sexually Transmissible Infections
Author(s) -
Mohamed Hammoud,
Lisa Maher,
Martin Holt,
Louisa Degenhardt,
Fengyi Jin,
Dean Murphy,
Benjamin R. Bavinton,
Andrew E. Grulich,
Toby Lea,
Bridget Haire,
Adam Bourne,
Peter Saxton,
Stefanie Vaccher,
Jeanne Ellard,
Brent Mackie,
Colin Batrouney,
Nicky Bath,
Garrett Prestage
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002462
Subject(s) - casual , covid-19 , pandemic , demography , social distance , distancing , medicine , homosexuality , cohort , psychology , young adult , gerontology , sociology , political science , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , psychoanalysis
In March 2020, Australian state and federal governments introduced physical distancing measures alongside widespread testing to combat COVID-19. These measures may decrease people's sexual contacts and thus reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs). We investigated the impact of physical distancing measures due to COVID-19 on the sexual behavior of gay and bisexual men in Australia.