- EMIS-2017 Community Reports
We thank our network partners for their translations of the following Community Reports. The 3rd EMIS-2017 Community Report, published 14 August 2021, covers the stress factors […]
- EMIS-2017 and LAMIS: UNAIDS
For World AIDS Days 2018–2021 we partnered with UNAIDS to present some key findings from the European and Latin American MSM Internet Surveys on the UNAIDS website for […]
- European Report 2017
The EMIS Network. EMIS-2017 – The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey. Key findings from 50 countries. Report details:Stockholm, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2019 […]
- Maps for “Dublin Declaration Monitoring” 2017
The EMIS Network. EMIS-2017 – The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey. Maps from the EMIS-2017 Report. Authors: Peter Weatherburn, Ford Hickson, David S. Reid, Susanne B. […]
- Spatio-temporal changes in pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among MSM in mainland France between 2016 and 2021: a Bayesian small area approach with MSM population estimation
J. Int. AIDS Soc. 2023, 26:e26089 (doi: 10.1002/jia2.26089) Authors: Haoyi Wang, Jean-Michel Molina, Rosemary Dray-Spira, Axel J. Schmidt, Ford Hickson, David van de Vijver, Kai J. Jonas […]
- Prevalence and risk factors for transactional sex among Swedish-born and foreign-born MSM in Sweden
BMC Public Health. 2022; 22:2412. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14764-8) Authors: Sara Causevic, Mariano Salazar, Anna Mia Ekström, Torsten Berglund, Kristina Ingemarsdotter Persson, Mikael Jonsson, Jonas Jonsson, Susanne […]
- Association of internalised homonegativity with partner notification after diagnosis of syphilis or gonorrhoea among men having sex with men in 49 countries across four continents
BMC Public Health 2023; 23(8). doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14891-2 Authors: Ulrich Marcus, Kai Jonas, Rigmor Berg, Maria Amelia Veras, Carlos F. Caceres, Jordi Casabona, Susanne B. Schink & […]
- Latin American Internet Survey for Men who have Sex with Men (LAMIS-2018): Design, methods and implementation
PLoS One 2022;17(11):e0277518. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277518 Authors: Michael Reyes-Díaz, Ana Celly, Cinta Folch, Nicolas Lorente, Valeria Stuardo, Maria Amelia Veras, Henrique Barros, Paula Meireles, Dorian Ramírez, […]
- Sexual happiness and satisfaction with sexual safety among German trans men who have sex with men: results from EMIS-2017
J Int AIDS Soc. 2022 Oct;25 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):e25992. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25992. Authors: Max Nicolai Appenroth, Uwe Koppe, Ford Hickson, Susanne Schink, Alexander Hahne, Axel J Schmidt, Peter Weatherburn, Ulrich Marcus Abstract Introduction: […]
- Social and behavioural determinants of syphilis: Modelling based on repeated cross-sectional surveys from 2010 and 2017 among 278,256 men who have sex with men in 31 European countries
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2022 Aug 9;22:100483. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100483. eCollection 2022 Nov. Authors: Ana Mendez-Lopez, David Stuckler, Ulrich Marcus, Ford Hickson, Teymur Noori, Robert N Whittaker, Klaus Jansen, Asuncion Diaz, Lukasz Henszel, Annie Velter, Jan […]
- Determinants of PrEP Uptake, Intention and Awareness in the Netherlands: A Socio-Spatial Analysis
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 20;19(14):8829. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148829. Authors: Haoyi Wang, Oladipupo Shobowale, Chantal den Daas, Eline Op de Coul, Bouko Bakker, Aryanti Radyowijati, Koenraad Vermey, Arjan van Bijnen, Wim […]
- Chemsex users in Czechia: EMIS survey
Cent Eur J Public Health. 2022 Jun;30(2):86-92. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a6923. Authors: Xenie Uholyeva, Michal Pitoňák Abstract Objectives: Chemsex is a phenomenon highly relevant to public health concerns. […]
- Stigmatizing Policies Interact with Mental Health and Sexual Behaviours to Structurally Induce HIV Diagnoses Among European Men Who Have Sex with Men
AIDS Behav 2022; 26(10):3400-3410. doi: 10.1007/s10461-022-03683-9 Authors: Kristefer Stojanovski, Elizabeth J King, K Rivet Amico, Marisa C Eisenberg, Arline T Geronimus, Sladjana Baros, Axel J […]
- What is the empirical basis for converting banded ordinal data on numbers of sex partners among MSM into a continuous scale level variable? A secondary analysis of 13 surveys across 17 countries
BMC Med Res Methodol 22, 59 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01483-8 Authors: Ana Mendez‑Lopez, Ford Hickson, Klaus Jansen, Nathan Lachowsky, Fiona Burns, Cinta Folch, Annie Velter, Peter Weatherburn, […]
- Would eligible gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men use PrEP? Awareness, knowledge, eligibility and intention to use PrEP among EMIS-2017 participants in Spain
Prev Med 2022 Mar;156:106962. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.106962. Epub 2022 Jan 21 Authors: Carlos Iniesta, Cinta Folch, Sebastian Meyer, María Vázquez, Jordi Casabona, Asunción Díaz Abstract Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an efficacious […]
- Factors associated with low levels of HIV testing among young men who have sex with men (MSM) participating in EMIS-2017 in Spain
Sex Transm Infect 2022 Feb 4; sextrans-2021-055193. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2021-055193. Authors: Nuria Gallego, Asuncion Diaz, Cinta Folch, Sebastian Meyer, Maria Vazquez, Jordi Casabona, Victoria Hernando Abstract Purpose: The European Men who have […]
- Influence of Internalised Homonegativity on sexual risk behaviour of men who have sex with men in Spain
Sexuality & Culture, published online first 27 November 2021 (doi: 10.1007/s12119-021-09925-7). Authors: İbrahim Sönmez, Cinta Folch, Nicolas Lorente, Rigmor C. Berg, Natalie Thurlby & Axel […]
- Awareness of, willingness to take PrEP and its actual use among Belgian MSM at high risk of HIV infection: secondary analysis of the Belgian European MSM internet survey
AIDS and Behavior, published online first 24 November 2021 (doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03526-z). Authors: Veerle Buffel, Thijs Reyniers, Caroline Masquillier, Estrelle Thunissen, Christiana Nöstlinger, Marie Laga, Edwin […]
- Changes in the prevalence of self-reported sexually transmitted bacterial infections from 2010 and 2017 in two large European samples of men having sex with men – is it time to re-evaluate STI-screening as a control strategy?
PLoS ONE, 2021; 16(3): e0248582 (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248582). Authors: Ulrich Marcus, Massimo Mirandola, Susanne B Schink, Lorenzo Gios, Axel J Schmidt Abstract Background/Objectives: Many European countries […]
- Chemsex and diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men in the UK: a multivariable prediction model using causal inference methodology
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2021; 97:282-289. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054629). Authors: Louis MacGregor, Manik Kohli, Katharine J Looker, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Axel J Schmidt, Katy M Turner […]
- An update on the performance of STI services for gay and bisexual men across European cities: results from the 2017 European MSM Internet Survey
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2021; 97: 201-208 (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054681). Authors: Jason Doran, Peter Weatherburn, Ford Hickson, Ulrich Marcus, David Reid, Axel Jeremias Schmidt Abstract Objectives: Rectal […]
- Potential alcohol use disorder among MSM in Ireland – Findings from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS 2017)
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2021; 223: 108698 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108698). Authors: Fionn P. Daly, Kate O’Donnell, Martin P. Davoren, Chris Noone, Peter Weatherburn, Mick Quinlan, Bill […]
- Structural stigma and sexual minority men’s depression and suicidality: A multilevel examination of mechanisms and mobility across 48 countries
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2021; 130(7):713-726 (doi: 10.1037/abn0000693) Authors: John E Pachankis, Mark L Hatzenbuehler, Richard Bränström, Axel J Schmidt, Rigmor C Berg, Kai Jonas, […]
- Measures of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada and demographic disparities among those at elevated likelihood for HIV acquisition
AIDS and Behavior, 2021; 25:3638–3650 (doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03336-3). Authors: Sean Colyer, Nathan J Lachowsky, Axel J Schmidt, Barry D Adam, Dana Paquette, Trevor A Hart, David […]
- Der Europäische MSM Internet Survey als Grundlage für die Präventionsarbeit in Deutschland für Männer, die Sex mit Männern haben
Bundesgesundheitsblatt – Gesundheitsforschung – Gesundheitsschutz (doi: 10.1007/s00103-021-03429-3) Authors: Ulrich Marcus & Susanne B. Schink Abstract Background: Sexual minorities are highly vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections […]
- Monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia: 2018 progress report
ECDC Technical Report, 2020 (doi: 10.2900/492423). Authors: Rosalie Hayes, Yusef Azad, Cheryl Gowar, Alison Brown & Valerie Delpech, in collaboration with Axel J. Schmidt and […]
- Are PrEP services in France reaching all those exposed to HIV who want to take PrEP? MSM respondents who are eligible but not using PrEP (EMIS 2017)
AIDS Care 2020; 32(2):47-56 (doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1739219). Authors: Margot Annequin, Virginie Villes, Rosemary M. Delabre, Tristan Alain, Stéphane Morel, David Michels, Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Annie Velter […]
- European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS-2017): design and methods
Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 2020; 17:543–557 (doi: 10.1007/s13178-019-00413-0). Authors: Peter Weatherburn, Ford Hickson, David S. Reid, Ulrich Marcus & Axel J. Schmidt Abstract Men-who-have-sex-with-men […]
- Monitoring the responses to hepatitis B and C epidemics in the EU/EEA Member States 2019
ECDC Technical Report, 2020 (doi: 10.2900/034039). Authors: Erika Duffell and Teymur Noori This report provides the first collation of data relating to the monitoring of […]
- Sexual and mental health inequalities across gender identity and sex-assigned-at-birth among men-who-have-sex-with-men in Europe: findings from EMIS-2017
International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 2020; 17(20): 7379 (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207379). Authors: Ford Hickson, Max Appenroth, Uwe Koppe, Axel J. Schmidt, David Reid […]
- HIV test and knowledge of U=U: insights from MSM living in Portugal and participating in EMIS 2017
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.996, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.996 Authors: J P Costa, P Meireles, A Aguiar, A J Schmidt, H […]
- Canadian results from the European Men-who-have-sex-with-men Internet survey (EMIS-2017)
Can Commun Dis Rep. 2019 Nov 7;45(11):271-282. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v45i11a01. Authors: N Brogan, D M Paquette, N J Lachowsky, M Blais, D J Brennan, T A Hart, B Adam Abstract Background: In […]
- Cross-sectional analysis of chemsex drug use and gonorrhoea diagnosis among men who have sex with men in the UK
Sexual Health, 2019, 16, 464–472 (doi:10.1071/SH18159). Authors: Manik Kohli, Ford Hickson, Caroline Free, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn Abstract Background: Illicit drug use among men who […]
- Estimating the ‘PrEP Gap’: how implementation and access to PrEP differ between countries in Europe and Central Asia in 2019
Eurosurveillance, 2019; 24(41) (doi: 10.2807/1560-7917). Authors: Rosalie Hayes, Axel J. Schmidt, Anastasia Pharris, Yusef Azad, Alison E. Brown, Peter Weatherburn, Ford Hickson, Valerie Delpech, Teymur […]