Awareness and willingness towards Mpox vaccination among men who have sex with men seeking HIV-related services
We conducted a multicenter, on-line questionnaire interview of 1576 men who have sex with men planning to undergo or having undergone 2-dose MVA-BN vaccination to investigate the risk for acquiring Mpox, Mpox-related knowledge, awareness and willingness of Mpox vaccination, and the vaccination status. Upon the questionnaire interview, 794 (64.3%) people with HIV and 239 (69.9%) people without HIV had completed full doses of MVA-BN vaccination. Participants engaged in high-risk sexual behavior within one year (aOR 1.57; 95% CI, 1.24-1.99) and having acquired sexually transmitted infections within a year (aOR, 1.97; 95% CI 1.41-2.76) were more likely, while those with education below university level (aOR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.42-0.73) and lower knowledge level about Mpox transmission (aOR, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.26-0.45) were less likely to complete full doses of Mpox vaccination, suggesting that promoting health literacy by providing information, education and communication on Mpox may improve the willingness of Mpox vaccination.
Authors
- Ling-Ya Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8271-6595)
- Hsi‐Yen Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8430-5373)
- An-Ting Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2791-2723)
- Wei-Yen Chen
- Wang-Da Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-6224)
- Chien‐Yu Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1886-0370)
- Hsin‐Yun Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-7721)
- Chien‐Ching Hung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7345-0836)
- Kai‐Hsiang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9527-4084)
- Yu-Zhen Luo
- Yi-Ting Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3917-6115)
- Yi‐Chun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-5023)
- Shuyuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0887-1115)
- Pei‐Yu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1792-8935)
- Chia‐Yi Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-1264)
- Chi‐Ying Lin
- Pei-Ying Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4803-4886)
Institutions
- Tao Yuan General Hospital (TW)
- National Taiwan University Hospital (TW)
- National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2025.06.001
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11