Inequities in willingness to disclose contact information to access free mpox self-testing kits among MSM in China: a COM-B–informed multi-center study
Requiring contact disclosure to access free self-testing can create inequitable barriers. Equity-oriented implementation should: (1) strengthen self-efficacy through peer-led practice and prompts; (2) reduce healthcare-related concerns via privacy-by-design (data minimization, transparent data-use, anonymous pickup); and (3) leverage HIV testing infrastructure. Moderately developed regions warrant priority attention given systematically lower willingness to disclose.
Authors
- Y. Wang
- Chen Jianyu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0513-1411)
- Birong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0959-6686)
- Ning Yin
- Yan Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0883-9778)
- Yong Cai
- Sixin Chen
- Jiaqing Bu
- Shunyu Tao
- Nan Zhou
- Jun Chen
- Fan Hu
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai Medical Information Center (CN)
- Tongren Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Hospital Development Center (CN)
- Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences (CN)
- Community Health Center (US)
- Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-02761-x
- Primary Topic
- Poxvirus research and outbreaks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00