Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual and mental health of adolescent and adult men who have sex with men and transgender women participating in two PrEP cohort studies in Brazil: COBra study protocol

dc.creatorFerraz, Dulce Aurélia de Souza
dc.creatorDourado, Inês
dc.creatorZucchi, Eliana Miura
dc.creatorMabire, Xavier
dc.creatorMagno, Laio
dc.creatorGrangeiro, Alexandre
dc.creatorCouto, Márcia Thereza
dc.creatorFerguson, Laura
dc.creatorWestin, Mateus
dc.creatorSantos, Lorruan Alves dos
dc.creatorPréau, Marie
dc.date2021-07-26T12:47:54Z
dc.date2021-07-26T12:47:54Z
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T22:32:25Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T22:32:25Z
dc.identifierFERRAZ, Dulce Aurélia de Souza et al. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual and mental health of adolescent and adult men who have sex with men and transgender women participating in two PrEP cohort studies in Brazil: COBra study protocol. BJM Open, [s.l.], v.11, n. 4, e045258, p.1-10, 2021.
dc.identifier2044-6055
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/48356
dc.identifier10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045258
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8880514
dc.descriptionCOBra is supported by the ANRS - Maladies infectieuses émergentes, grant number ANRS COV 31 COBra. PrEP1519 is funded by UNITAID (grant number 2017–15-FIOTECPrEP), SVS-MS/CNPq (404055/2018–4) and the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Combina is funded by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
dc.descriptionIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic and its control measures have impacted health and healthcare provision in various levels. Physical distancing measures, for instance, may affect sexual health, impacting access to HIV prevention supplies and changing sexual behaviour, as well as mental health, increasing feelings of unsafety and weakening community support ties. These effects can be worsened among socially marginalised groups, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW). Brazil is among the countries most affected by COVID-19 in the world, where control measures have been inconsistently implemented. We aim to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual and mental health of adolescent and adult MSM and TGW in Brazil. Methods: Convergent mixed-method prospective cohort study, nested in two ongoing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) cohorts in Brazil, named PrEP1519 and Combina. Participants will be invited to answer, at baseline and after 6months, a questionnaire about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual behaviour, HIV prevention and mental health. Data on HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections (STI) will be collected as part of routine follow-up from the cohorts. Main outcome measures (HIV infection, STI and depression symptoms) will be observed within 12 months after baseline. Sample size is estimated at 426 participants. Complementarily, 50 participants will be invited to in-depth interviews through video calls or interactive voice response, and 20 will be invited to chronicle their lives during the pandemic through digital diaries. Triangulation will be done across qualitative methods and with the quantitative data. Ethics and dissemination: The study was approved by Research Ethics Committees from the Brazilian Universities coordinating the study. Findings will be published in scientific journals and presented at meetings. Informative flyers will be elaborated to communicate study findings to participants and key stakeholders.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Group
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectSexual and Gender Minorities
dc.subjectTransgender Persons
dc.subjectSexual health
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectTransgender persons
dc.subjectSexual and gender minorities
dc.subjectSexual health
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectInfecções por Coronavirus
dc.subjectMinorias Sexuais e de Gênero
dc.subjectPessoas Transgênero
dc.subjectSaúde Sexual
dc.subjectSaúde Mental
dc.titleEffects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sexual and mental health of adolescent and adult men who have sex with men and transgender women participating in two PrEP cohort studies in Brazil: COBra study protocol
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