Hepatis B Vaccatn among a Natnal Sample of Gay and Bisexual Men - PMC

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CDC remends gay and bisexual men get vaccated agast both hepatis A and hepatis B, as this populatn is at high risk for HAV and HBV fectn.

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VACC FOR GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN

Gay and bisexual men are at creased risk for certa sexually transmted diseas (STDs), cludg Hepatis A and Hepatis B. * gay hepatitis vaccine *

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men have a higher chance of gettg viral hepatis cludg Hepatis A, B, and C, which are diseas that affect the liver. About 10% of new Hepatis A and 20% of all new Hepatis B fectns the Uned Stat are among gay and bisexual men.

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men also have a higher chance of gettg Hepatis C if they are volved high-risk behavrs, such as jectn dg e and other activi that rult blood sharg. Among gay and bisexual men, Hepatis A n be spread through sexual activy or ntact wh fgers or objects that have the vis on .

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FD SERVIC + PREPSEARCHOPEN LOTOR SEARCHHIV SERVICES LOCATORSEARCH⨯CLOSEHOMEBLOGVIRAL HEPATIS: A HEALTH CONCERN FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DERVG ATTENTN DURG LGBT PRI MONTHVIRAL HEPATIS: A HEALTH CONCERN FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN DERVG ATTENTN DURG LGBT PRI MONTHCONTENT FROM: RONALD VALDISERRI, M.D., M.P.H., DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, INFECT DISEAS, AND DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HIV/AIDS POLICY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVIC•PUBLISHED: JUNE 21, 2012•4 M READTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHVIRAL HEP ACTN PLANVIRAL HEPATIS ACTN PLANVACC<P>VACC</P>SHARESHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWTERSHARE ON LKEDINSHARE ON EMAILAS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVIC (HHS) KATHLEEN SEBELI NOTED HER RECENT STATEMENT, OBSERVG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PRI MONTH JUNE SPOTLIGHTS HHS’S MMENT TO ADDRSG THE SPECIAL HEALTH NEEDS OF LGBT AMERINS WHICH CLUS RCG HEALTH DISPARI FOR THEM AND MEMBERS OF OTHER VULNERABLE MUNI. AMONG THOSE DISPARI IS VIRAL HEPATIS, WHICH IS OF PARTICULAR NCERN TO THE OFFICE OF HIV/AIDS AND INFECT DISEASE POLICY (OHAIDP) AND OUR FERAL PARTNERS WHO ARE WORKG TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTN PLAN FOR THE PREVENTN, CARE AND TREATMENT OF VIRAL HEPATIS. IN FACT, THE ACTN PLAN INTIFI GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSM) AS ONE OF S PRRY POPULATNS.VACCE-PREVENTABLE HEPATIS A AND BGAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN (MSM) ARE AT ELEVATED RISK FOR CERTA SEXUALLY TRANSMTED FECTNS (STIS), CLUDG HIV/AIDS, SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA, CHLAMYDIA, HEPATIS A AND HEPATIS B. ACRDG TO THE CDC, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF NEW HEPATIS A VIS (HAV) FECTNS AND APPROXIMATELY 15%–25% OF ALL NEW HEPATIS B VIS (HBV) FECTNS AMONG ADULTS THE UNED STAT ARE AMONG MSM.DPE THE AVAILABILY OF SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACC THAT N PREVENT BOTH HAV AND HBV FECTN, MANY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN HAVE NOT BEEN AQUATELY VACCATED AGAST VIRAL HEPATIS—EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A HIGH PREVALENCE OF THE FECTNS AMONG MSM. ALTHOUGH THE HHS ADVISORY COMMTEE ON IMMUNIZATN PRACTIC REMENDS HEPATIS A AND HEPATIS B VACCATN FOR MSM, DATA AVAILABLE OM CDC DIT THAT ONLY ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF GAY MEN ARE VACCATED. THE STATISTICS MAKE CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE BOTH AWARENS OF AND VACCATN FOR HAV AND HBV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN THE UNED STAT.THE HEPATIS A AND B VACC N BE GIVEN SEPARATELY OR A BATN VACCE. THE VACC ARE SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND REQUIRE 2-3 SHOTS WH A SIX-MONTH PERD, PENDG ON THE TYPE OF VACCE GIVEN. TO ENSURE LONG-TERM PROTECTN, A PERSON SHOULD PLETE ALL SHOTS THE SERI. GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN VACCATED FOR HAV AND HBV, ASK YOUR HEALTHRE PROVIR AT YOUR NEXT APPOTMENT. ALSO, YOU N FD HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER MUNY ANIZATNS NEAR YOU THAT PROVI HEPATIS B VACCE SERVIC BY VISG THIS CDC WEBSE.GAY MEN AND HEPATIS CGAY AND BISEXUAL MEN ARE ALSO AT CREASED RISK FOR HEPATIS C VIS FECTN IF THEY ARE VOLVED HIGH-RISK BEHAVRS. THIS CLUS SHARG NEEDL OR OTHER JECTN DG EQUIPMENT, WHICH PUTS A PERSON AT RISK FOR BOTH HIV AND HEPATIS C VIS (HCV). OVERALL, CDC TIMAT THAT OF ALL PEOPLE WH HIV FECTN THE U.S. APPROXIMATELY 25% ALSO HAVE HEPATIS C. IN ADDN, NEW REARCH SHOWS THAT SEXUAL TRANSMISSN OF HCV N OCCUR, PECIALLY AMONG HIV-FECTED GAY MEN AND CDC HAS REPORTED OUTBREAKS OF HEPATIS C AMONG HIV-POSIVE GAY MEN RECENT YEARS. GOOD PREVENTIVE RE REQUIR THAT GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO ARE HIV-POSIVE ALSO BE SCREENED FOR HCV (AND HBV). ROUTE HCV SCREENG SHOULD ALSO BE NSIRED FOR OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN WH HIGH-RISK SEXUAL BEHAVRS CLUDG THOSE WH STIS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO VACCE TO PREVENT HEPATIS C; THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT ADVANC OUR ABILY TO TREAT THOSE LIVG WH THE FECTN.ACTN NEEDWE HAVE THE TOOLS TO RCE THE HEALTH IMPACT OF VIRAL HEPATIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN. SAFE AND EFFECTIVE VACC ARE AVAILABLE FOR HEPATIS A AND HEPATIS B. ACCURATE TTS ARE AVAILABLE TO DIAGNOSE CHRONIC HEPATIS B AND HEPATIS C AND TREATMENTS N NTROL OR ELIMATE THE VIS. BUT CREASED AWARENS IS CRIL, AMONG BOTH MSM POPULATNS AND THE PROVIRS WHO LIVER THEIR HEALTHRE. MY LLEAGU OM ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVIC AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND JTICE ARE WORKG TO RAISE THIS AWARENS AND CREASE THE VIRAL HEPATIS HEALTH DISPARI EXPERIENCED BY GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN. HERE’S HOW YOU N HELP THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT:READ MORE ABOUT VIRAL HEPATIS AT CDC’S GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN’S HEALTH PAGE.DOWNLOAD, READ AND SHARE THIS FACT SHEET (PDF 1KB) ON VIRAL HEPATIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN.VIS CDC’S NEW ONLE VIRAL HEPATIS RISK ASSSMENT TOOL, WHICH TAK LS THAN FIVE MUT TO PLETE AND LIVERS PERSONALIZED REMENDATNS ABOUT VIRAL HEPATIS VACCATN AND TTG THAT THE ER N PRT OUT FOR DISCSN WH HIS/HER HEALTHRE PROVIR. AFTER CHECKG THIS OUT YOURSELF, SEND A LK TO THE RISK ASSSMENT AND HELP RAISE AWARENS ABOUT VIRAL HEPATIS AMONG YOUR IENDS AND SOCIAL WORKS.WORKG TOGETHER WE N PUT AN END TO THE “SILENT” EPIMIC OF VIRAL HEPATIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN.RELATED BLOGSJUL 6, 2023HAROLD PHILLIPS PRENTS AT CONGRSNAL BRIEFG ON IMPORTANCE OF HIV REARCH3 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUL 3, 2023HHS HOSTS PRI SUMM AND CELEBRAT PRI MONTH5 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )JUN 22, 2023SUMMER OF PRI AND LGBTQI+ HEALTH3 M READLISTEN(1)WATCH(1)DOWNLOAD(, )SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMAIL UPDAT OF BLOG POSTS (AND MORE!)TOPICS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCESTOPICSLGBT HEALTHLBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENR HEALTHVIRAL HEP ACTN PLANVIRAL HEPATIS ACTN PLANVACC<P>VACC</P>WAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL?WAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL? Y NONEXT FORM APPROVED OMB# 0990-0379 EXP. 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VACC FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

CDC remends a variety of laboratory ttg and STD screengs to ensure the health of gay and bisexual men. * gay hepatitis vaccine *

Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life. There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs. Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;.

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners.

In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010.

HEPATIS B VACCATN AMONG A NATNAL SAMPLE OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Vacc provi important protectn for gay and bisexual men. Men who have sex wh men have a higher chance of gettg ser and even adly diseas.\n\nGettg vaccated n help keep you, your fay, and your muny healthy.\n\nWhich vacc are remend for gay and bisexual men?\n\nIf you’re a man who has sex wh men, talk wh your doctor about remend vacc that protect agast: * gay hepatitis vaccine *

The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas.

Most gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men get HIV by havg anal sex, which is the riskit type of sex for gettg or spreadg HIV. CDC’s Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Health Servic page has rourc that n help you fd health re provirs that are skilled providg health servic to gay and bisexual men. The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer.

TopicsAs Secretary of Health and Human Servic (HHS) Kathleen Sebeli noted her recent statement, observg Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Pri Month June spotlights HHS’s mment to addrsg the special health needs of LGBT Amerins which clus rcg health dispari for them and members of other vulnerable muni. In fact, the Actn Plan intifi gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) as one of s prry populatns. Vacce-Preventable Hepatis A and BGay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM) are at elevated risk for certa sexually transmted fectns (STIs), cludg HIV/AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatis A and hepatis B.

HEPATIS A VACCATN DURG AN OUTBREAK AMONG GAY MEN MONTRéAL, CANADA, 1995-1997

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Dpe the availabily of safe and effective vacc that n prevent both HAV and HBV fectn, many gay and bisexual men have not been aquately vaccated agast viral hepatis—even though there is a high prevalence of the fectns among MSM.

Although the HHS Advisory Commtee on Immunizatn Practic remends hepatis A and hepatis B vaccatn for MSM, data available om CDC dit that only about 30 percent of gay men are vaccated. The statistics make clear that we need to work together to improve both awarens of and vaccatn for HAV and HBV among gay and bisexual men the Uned hepatis A and B vacc n be given separately or a batn vacce. Gay and bisexual men: if you are not sure whether you have been vaccated for HAV and HBV, ask your healthre provir at your next appotment.

HEPATIS VACCATN OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN AT GAY PRI EVENTS

The terventn nearly tripled self reported hepatis A vacce verage but s late start preclus provg that ed the subsequent drop cince. However, also creased hepatis B vaccatn and is believed improved lks between gay men, public health, clicians and m … * gay hepatitis vaccine *

Also, you n fd health centers and other muny anizatns near you that provi hepatis B vacce servic by visg this CDC Men and Hepatis CGay and bisexual men are also at creased risk for hepatis C vis fectn if they are volved high-risk behavrs. In addn, new rearch shows that sexual transmissn of HCV n occur, pecially among HIV-fected gay men and CDC has reported outbreaks of hepatis C among HIV-posive gay men recent years. Unfortunately, there is no vacce to prevent hepatis C; though there have been recent advanc our abily to treat those livg wh the NeedWe have the tools to rce the health impact of viral hepatis among gay and bisexual men.

HEPATIS B VACCE EXPERIMENT ON AMERIN GAYS

My lleagu om across the Department of Health and Human Servic as well as the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Jtice are workg to raise this awarens and crease the viral hepatis health dispari experienced by gay and bisexual men.

Here’s how you n help this important effort:Read more about viral hepatis at CDC’s gay and bisexual men’s health page. Download, read and share this fact sheet (PDF 1KB) on viral hepatis among gay and bisexual CDC’s new onle viral hepatis risk asssment tool, which tak ls than five mut to plete and livers personalized remendatns about viral hepatis vaccatn and ttg that the er n prt out for discsn wh his/her healthre provir.

In addn, you n get vaccated to prevent illns affectg gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men, cludg hepatis A, hepatis B, and mengocl (mengis) fectns. In May 2022, rponse to the acceleratg global outbreak of Mpox, the Uned Stat iated a natnal vaccatn mpaign for gay, bisexual and other MSM who were disproportnately affected.

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