Sociality and infectious disease prevention and control of sexual and gender minorities in China
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2023.22348
- VernacularTitle:我国性少数群体传染病防控
- Author:
Yuxin ZHANG
1
;
Chenyan JIANG
2
;
Jiwei WANG
1
Author Information
1. School of Public Health， Fudan University， Shanghai 200032， China
2. Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention， Shanghai Municipal Center For Disease Control and Prevention， Shanghai 200336， China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
sexual and gender minority;
sociality;
transmission and prevention and control of infectious disease
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2023;35(2):187-190
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Sexual and gender minorities have social behavioral characteristics such as aggregation， mobility， exclusivity， and concealment， which may be associated with the transmission of infectious diseases in this group. This paper aims to explore the relationship between the sociality of this group and its transmission and prevention and control of infectious diseases， emphasize the importance of paying attention to the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and respiratory diseases in sexual and gender minorities. This paper puts forward some thoughts for infectious disease prevention and control of this group in the future.
