Sexual health and COVID-19: protocol for a scoping review

Navin Kumar¹, Kamila Janmohamed², Kate Nyhan^{3

4}, Laura Forastiere⁵, Wei-Hong Zhang^{6

7}, Anna Kågesten⁸, Maximiliane Uhlich⁹, Sarah M Van de Velde¹⁰, Joel M Francis¹¹, Jennifer T Erausquin¹², Elin C Larsson¹³, Denton Callander¹⁴, John Scott¹⁵, Victor Minichiello^{16

17}, Joseph D Tucker^{18

19

20}

Affiliations

¹ Human Nature Lab, Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. navin.kumar@yale.edu.
² Yale College, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520-8014, USA.
⁴ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ School of Public Health, Universit́e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Psychology, Universit́e de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹² Department of Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
¹³ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁷ School of Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁸ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Project-China, No. 2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, 510095, China.
¹⁹ School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
²⁰ Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 33485393
PMCID: PMC7825389
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01591-y

Sexual health and COVID-19: protocol for a scoping review

Navin Kumar et al. Syst Rev. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 23;10(1):37.

doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01591-y.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Human Nature Lab, Department of Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. navin.kumar@yale.edu.
² Yale College, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520-8014, USA.
⁴ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ International Centre for Reproductive Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁷ School of Public Health, Universit́e Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁹ Department of Psychology, Universit́e de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Department of Sociology, Centre for Population, Family and Health, University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2-4, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹¹ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹² Department of Public Health Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
¹³ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
¹⁷ School of Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
¹⁸ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Project-China, No. 2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, 510095, China.
¹⁹ School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
²⁰ Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 33485393
PMCID: PMC7825389
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01591-y

Abstract

Background: Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed and exacerbated existing socioeconomic and health inequities that disproportionately affect the sexual health and well-being of many populations, including people of color, ethnic minority groups, women, and sexual and gender minority populations. Although there have been several reviews published on COVID-19 and health disparities across various populations, none has focused on sexual health. We plan to conduct a scoping review that seeks to fill several of the gaps in the current knowledge of sexual health in the COVID-19 era.

Methods: A scoping review focusing on sexual health and COVID-19 will be conducted. We will search (from January 2020 onwards) CINAHL, Africa-Wide Information, Web of Science Core Collection, Embase, Gender Studies Database, Gender Watch, Global Health, WHO Global Literature on Coronavirus Disease Database, WHO Global Index Medicus, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, and Sociological Abstracts. Grey literature will be identified using Disaster Lit, Google Scholar, governmental websites, and clinical trials registries (e.g., ClinicalTrial.gov , World Health Organization, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, and International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number Registry). Study selection will conform to the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual 2015 Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews. Only English language, original studies will be considered for inclusion. Two reviewers will independently screen all citations, full-text articles, and abstract data. A narrative summary of findings will be conducted. Data analysis will involve quantitative (e.g., frequencies) and qualitative (e.g., content and thematic analysis) methods.

Discussion: Original research is urgently needed to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 on sexual health. The planned scoping review will help to address this gap.

Systematic review registrations: Systematic Review Registration: Open Science Framework osf/io/PRX8E.

Keywords: COVID-19; LGBT; Sexual health; Sexual minority; Women.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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