Mpox Vaccine Communication Among Sexually Active Men Who Have Sex With Men

Sex Transm Dis. 2025 Apr 1;52(4):e8-e10. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002117. Epub 2024 Dec 14.

Abstract

We assessed mpox vaccine communication and sexual behavior among US men who have sex with men during the 2022 mpox outbreak. Less than 40% of respondents asked a new male sex partner about their mpox vaccination status. Mpox vaccine communication was positively associated with condomless anal sex and group sex. Mpox vaccine communication is low but may inform mpox risk perception and sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Communication
  • Health Communication
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sexual Behavior*
  • Sexual Partners*
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vaccination / psychology
  • Young Adult