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. 2023 Feb;100(1):204-211.
doi: 10.1007/s11524-022-00712-9. Epub 2023 Jan 20.

Demographics and Health Beliefs of Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men Receiving a Mpox Vaccination in the United States

Adedotun Ogunbajo  1 , Alexa Euceda  2 , Jamil Smith  2 , Raven Ekundayo  2 , Justise Wattree  2 , Mitchell Brooks  2 , DeMarc Hickson  2
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Demographics and Health Beliefs of Black Gay, Bisexual, and Other Sexual Minority Men Receiving a Mpox Vaccination in the United States

Adedotun Ogunbajo et al. J Urban Health. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

An outbreak of mpox virus (MPV) among humans in the United States (U.S.) was described in May 2022. This outbreak disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic sexual minority men (SMM) and these groups have lower rates of vaccination compared to Whites. Between July and August 2022, a partnership between a nonprofit and two local health departments successfully designed and implemented a community intervention to administer MPV vaccines to Black SMM in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We administered a quantitative survey to 178 respondents across four vaccinations clinics. We found that study participants had high socioeconomic status, high levels of anticipated MPV stigma, and were relatively skeptic about MPV. We demonstrated how a partnership between an urban nonprofit and government agency can facilitate quick and effective dissemination of a community intervention in a relatively low cost manner.

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