Self-reported changes in sexual behaviors and HIV prevention services utilization among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men after entering the post-pandemic era: tales of two Chinese cities with different pathways of “resume normal”
More GBMSM in Beijing than their counterparts in Hong Kong reported increases in the frequency of sexual risk behaviors and HIV prevention services utilization when comparing their current situation with the time during COVID-19. Our findings highlighted the importance of strengthening HIV prevention in GBMSM in the post-pandemic era.
Authors
- Zihuang Chen
- Lijuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5439-8988)
- Fenghua Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-4087)
- Yuan Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1154-5076)
- Fuk-yuen Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7869-0281)
- Siyu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-1858)
- Zheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-6998)
- Xinge Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-8829)
- Xinyue Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2181-5172)
- Zixin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-2304)
- Ge Shen
- Zhennan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-5719)
- Yingjie Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6645-7359)
Institutions
- Department of Health (CN)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Education University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Centre Hospitalier de Gonesse (FR)
- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22756-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40