Mpox (monkeypox) knowledge, concern, willingness to change behaviour, and seek vaccination: Results of a national cross-sectional survey
Bibliographic record
Abstract
ABSTRACT Background We assessed knowledge and concern about mpox, acceptability of behavioural changes to reduce transmission risk, and willingness to be vaccinated among gay, bisexual and queer-identifying men and non-binary people. Methods We conducted a national, online cross-sectional survey with a convenience sample between August and September 2022. Participants were recruited through community organisation promotions, online advertising, and direct email invitations. Eligible participants were gay, bisexual or queer; identified as male (cisgender or transgender) or non-binary; aged 16 years or older; and lived in Australia. The main outcome measures were: knowledge and concern about mpox; recognition of mpox symptoms and transmission routes; vaccination history; acceptability of behavioural changes to reduce mpox risk, and willingness to be vaccinated. Results Of 2287 participants, most participants were male (2189/2287; 95.71%) and gay (1894/2287; 82.82%). Nearly all had heard about mpox (2255/2287; 98.60%), and the majority were concerned about acquiring it (1461/2287; 64.42%). Most of the 2268 participants not previously diagnosed with mpox identified skin lesions (2087; 92.02%), rash (1977; 87.17%), and fever (1647; 72.62%) as potential symptoms, and prolonged and brief skin-to-skin contact as potential ways to acquire mpox (2124, 93.65%; and 1860, 82.01% respectively). The most acceptable behavioural changes were reducing or avoiding attendance at sex parties (1494; 65.87%) and sex-on-premises venues (1503; 66.40%), and having fewer sexual partners (1466; 64.64%). Most unvaccinated and undiagnosed participants were willing to be vaccinated (1457/1733; 84.07%). Conclusions People at risk of mpox should be supported to adopt acceptable risk reduction strategies during outbreaks and seek vaccination.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".