Community Mobilization to Guide the Public Health Response During the 2022 Ontario Mpox Outbreak: A Brief Report
The 2022 mpox epidemic predominantly affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM). Led by a provincial community program and co-galvanized by clinician-researchers, GBM community leaders in Ontario coordinated a robust response, representing a reproducible strategy for community engagement and mobilization during future epidemics.
Authors
- Abdelmoneim Awad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-3687)
- Dane Griffiths
- Darrell H. S. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-2875)
- Austin Zygmunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4219-6887)
- Sharmistha Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-5470)
- James Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3553-5123)
- Daniel Warshafsky
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Toronto Public Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Ottawa Public Health (CA)
- Sexual Health Clinic (FI)
- St Michaels Hospital (GB)
- Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae195
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17