Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain
Natsal-COVID was a large (N=6654) web survey quasi-representative of the British general population. In the 4 months following lockdown in Britain in March 2020, what factors were associated with perceiving change, often declines, in sexual frequency and satisfaction?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055210
Access to, usage and clinical outcomes of online postal sexually transmitted infection services
There has been considerable expansion in online postal self-sampling STI services, against a backdrop of reduced funding and service fragmentation. The services are highly acceptable to users, however, could they widen health inequalities?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055376
Factors associated with low levels of HIV testing among young men who have sex with men
Based on data from a European 2017 internet survey, 46% of 2313 MSM <25 years old in Spain had undergone HIV testing in the previous 12 months. What factors were associated with a reduced likelihood of testing?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055193
Association between rectal gonorrhoea and HIV incidence in men who have sex with men in England
Between 2011 and 2018, among 541 056 HIV-negative MSM attending sexual health clinics, rectal GC rates increased from 3.5/100 person-years in 2011 to 11.1/100 person-years in 2018. How did HIV incidence change over the same period?
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055254
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