ArticleQualitative health research2024
Mpox Illness Narratives: Stigmatising Care and Recovery During and After an Emergency Outbreak.
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- Prevention of sexual transmission of mpox: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis of approaches.Infectious diseases (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding Mpox Knowledge, Communication, and Care Engagement Among Black and Latino Gay and Bisexual Men.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2026Article
- An Emerging Global Threat After The COVID-19 Pandemic: Monkeypox Similarities and Differences.Polish journal of microbiology · 2026Review
- Rapid Qualitative Approaches in Pandemic Research: Protocol for an Exploratory Qualitative Multimethod Study (VERDIQual) on Mpox in Italy, Nigeria, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Suffering in silence: Stigma, healthcare barriers, and resilience during Sierra Leone's 2025 clade IIb mpox outbreak-A multi-perspective qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Tell people and lose what I have: Care-seeking, concealment, and disclosure during Sierra Leone's 2025 clade IIb mpox outbreak.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Mpox-Related Stigma Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Negotiating Access to Healthcare and Experience of Stigma Among Cisgender Gay Men Diagnosed with Mpox During the 2022 Epidemic in France: A Qualitative Study.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Mpox stigma in the UK and implications for future outbreak control: a cross-sectional mixed methods study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Experiences of anorectal surgery among gay and bisexual men: a mixed methods study.ANZ journal of surgery · 2025Article
- "If that would have lessened my symptoms, that would have been great...": a qualitative study about the acceptability of tecovirimat as treatment for mpox.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Diagnosis, treatment, and management of Mpox in urban Informal Settlements in Southwestern Nigeria: an ethnographic approach.BMC public health · 2025Article
- "It's another gay disease": an intersectional qualitative approach contextualizing the lived experiences of young gay, bisexual, and other sexual minoritized men in the United States during the mpox outbreak.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Recognising and responding to the community needs of gay and bisexual men around mpox.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
In May 2022, a global outbreak of mpox (formerly monkeypox virus) affected thousands of mainly gay and bisexual men. Mpox is usually a time-limited illness that can involve fever, pain, and skin lesions, but may require hospitalisation. There is scant research into the firsthand experiences of people affected by mpox, including experiences of symptoms, healthcare, and recovery. This study considers the different illness narratives of people who experienced mpox in Australia in 2022. In-depth interviews and 6-month follow-up interviews were conducted with 16 people, including 13 people diagnosed with mpox and three close contacts. All participants were cisgender gay or bisexual men living in Australia. Participants' accounts described minor to severe periods of sickness, negative and stigmatising experiences engaging with healthcare, and some participants experienced long-term effects on their sexual well-being and complications from mpox. The emergency outbreak context meant that mpox was highly distressing, making it difficult to manage and producing varying forms of disruption to everyday life. Mpox was narrated as disruptive in different ways: as a minor interruption to holiday plans, a prolonged period of poor health, or a biographically disruptive event prompting a re-evaluation of sexual values and health. This analysis demonstrates that an unfamiliar emergent disease outbreak related to sexual practices and sociality can reconfigure personal life and sexual well-being, suggesting a need to focus on providing quality patient care in outbreaks of mpox and other infectious diseases.
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