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ArticlePreventive medicine2021

Self-rated mental health among sexual health service clients during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia, Canada.

Travis Salway, Aidan Ablona, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Sarah Watt, Catherine Worthington, Daniel Grace, Jason Wong, Gina Ogilvie, Troy Grennan, Mark Gilbert

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Travis SalwaySimon Fraser University, Canada; BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Canada. Electronic address: travis_salway@sfu.ca.
Aidan AblonaBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada.
Hsiu-Ju ChangBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada.
Sarah WattSimon Fraser University, Canada; BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada.
Catherine WorthingtonUniversity of Victoria, Canada.
Daniel GraceUniversity of Toronto, Canada.
Jason WongBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada.
Gina OgilvieBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada.
Troy GrennanBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada.
Mark GilbertBC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; University of British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: mark.gilbert@bccdc.ca.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated self-reported mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020), using a survey of HIV-testing and sexual health service clients from British Columbia, Canada (N = 1198). Over half (55%) reported their mental health as poor at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than double that of the general Canadian population in the same time frame (22%). Acknowledging that this burden of poor mental health that is likely to persist in the coming years, we propose that sexual health clinics should facilitate access to mental health supports as a low-barrier point of primary care contact.

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COVID-19PandemicsBritish ColumbiaCanadaHealth ServicesHumansMental HealthSARS-CoV-2Mental healthService integrationSexual healthSyndemic theory

Identifiers

PMID34506815
PMCPMC8431968

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