{
  "abstract": "Objectives This study investigated the acceptability by gay men, bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) of French public health information and prevention measures implemented during the 2022 Mpox outbreak.Methods ANRS-MPX-SHS \"Mpox: perception of risks, health measures and vaccination\" is a cross-sectional survey conducted in GBMSM between July and September 2022. Online questionnaires collected information about Mpox-related awareness, perceptions and prevention behaviours. Multiple correspondence analysis identified participant profiles according to their level of acceptability of the information and prevention measures implemented during the 2022 outbreak. The study outcome was a variable grouping participants into three profiles: ‘strong endorsers’, ‘uninformed hesitant endorsers’ and ‘indifferent objectors’. Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate factors associated with each profile.Results Of the 5688 participants, 5320 (93.5%) had available data for the outcome. The latter were mostly cisgender men (98%), aged between 35 and 54 years (54.5%), with tertiary education (82%); 44% were living in the Greater Paris region. Strong endorsers, uninformed hesitant endorsers and indifferent objectors accounted for 77.8%, 14.4% and 7.8% of the sample, respectively. Participants with tertiary education, those who had sex exclusively with men, those taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (ie, HIV-negative participants), HIV-positive participants and individuals living in the Greater Paris region, were all less likely to be uninformed hesitant endorsers or indifferent objectors. Participants with no lifetime HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and those with infrequent screening were, respectively, more likely to belong to these two profiles.Conclusions Participants’ acceptability of the information and prevention measures implemented during the 2022 Mpox outbreak in France depended on the perceived capability of public health authorities to effectively diversify information targets, representations and communication channels. In order to prevent the transmission of Mpox (and other STIs) in the general population in future outbreaks, information and measures adopted must take into account the needs, perceptions and experiences of persons never or not regularly screened for HIV/STIs.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Luis Sagaon-Teyssier"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Maxime Hoyer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Marie Dos Santos"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Marion Mora"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Michel Bourrelly"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Christel Protière"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Observatoire Régional de la Santé Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Gwenaëlle Maradan"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Observatoire Régional de la Santé Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France",
        "Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ, Università di Corsica, IRD 190, Inserm 1207, IRBA, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Pierre Verger"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "AIDES, Pantin, France"
      ],
      "name": "David Michels"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "AIDES, Pantin, France"
      ],
      "name": "Manuela Salcedo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France",
        "Santé Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France"
      ],
      "name": "Annie Velter"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "ANRS MIE, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Mathilde Certoux"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Observatoire Régional de la Santé Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France",
        "Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE: Aix-Marseille Univ, Università di Corsica, IRD 190, Inserm 1207, IRBA, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Patrick Peretti-Watel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Equipe Nationale d’Intervention en Prévention et Santé, ENIPSE, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Phuoc-Bao-Viet Tong"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Equipe Nationale d’Intervention en Prévention et Santé, ENIPSE, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Vivien Lugaz"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Coalition PLUS, Pantin, France"
      ],
      "name": "Vincent Leclercq"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France",
        "INSERM UMR 944, Paris, France. Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Lambert Assoumou"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sorbonne Université, Paris, France",
        "Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Martin Siguier"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sorbonne Université, Paris, France",
        "Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Tenon, Assistance Publique, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Gilles Pialoux"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France",
        "Département de Maladies Infectieuses et Laboratoires de Virologie et de Pharmacologie, Hôpitaux Saint-Louis, Lariboisière, Assistance Publique, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Jean-Michel Molina"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Perrine Roux"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Bruno Spire"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l’Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France"
      ],
      "name": "Gabriel Girard"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Acceptability of public health information and prevention measures by gay men, bisexual men and men who have sex with men during the French Mpox outbreak in 2022: the ANRS-MPX-SHS cross-sectional survey",
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}