Healthcare experiences and barriers for Men Who Have Sex with Men - MSM - who engage in chemsex
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2022 Background: Chemsex refers to the use of drugs (e.g. mephedrone, gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)/gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), methamphetamine, and ketamine) before or during sexual activity.
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P145 A qualitative study on sexualised drug use among male and transgender women sex workers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands [PDF]
Poster presentations, 2021 Background The objective of this study was to provide insight into the motives of drug use during work among male sex workers (MSW) and transgender women sex workers (TSW) and its possible effect on sexual behaviour that may increase the chance of STIs and/or HIV acquisition.
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P115 Sexualised drug use in patients attending an nhs walk-in centre [PDF]
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2015 Background/introduction Recent increases in reported recreational-drug use in MSM are associated with high-risk sexual behaviour and poor (sexual) health outcomes. There is little comparative research in non-MSM. Brighton Station Health Centre offers both walk-in general and sexual-health services.
Jodie Scrivener +4 more
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Sexually transmitted infection diagnoses, sexualised drug use and associations with pre-exposure prophylaxis use among men who have sex with men in the UK [PDF]
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2020 Previous research has focused on acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, but few community-based studies have been conducted regarding actual use, and PrEP use in the context of sexualised drug use remains understudied. A national online cross-sectional study recruited men who have sex with men (MSM) via social media (April–June 2018 ...
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Chemsex and Mental Health of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Germany
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Background: Chemsex is defined as using certain substances immediately before or during sexual activities to facilitate, prolong and/or intensify sexual experience, mainly by some communities of men who have sex with men (MSM).
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Critical chemsex studies: interrogating cultures of sexualised drug use beyond the risk paradigm [PDF]
Sexualities, 2021 Based on previous research and the contributions to this special issue, we propose that critical chemsex studies operates along three axes: one working within public health that attempts to move beyond the risk paradigm; another which attempts to understand its cultural dimensions as it interrogates the discursive, sociopolitical and economic ...
Kristian Møller, Jamie Hakim
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Drug and Alcohol Review, 2023 AbstractIntroductionNew Zealand has a unique illicit drug market, gay cultures and drug use patterns. Minimal attention has been given to how drug use shapes sexual practice, especially in the era of biomedical HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men (GBM).MethodsAn online cross‐sectional study of GBM (‘Flux NZ’) adapted from an Australian study was ...
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Low levels of chemsex among men who have sex with men, but high levels of risk among men who engage in chemsex: analysis of a cross-sectional online survey across four countries [PDF]
, 2018 Background: This paper establishes the prevalence of chemsex drug use among men who have sex with men (MSM), the extent to which these drugs are used in a sexual context, as well as their associated behaviours and circumstances of use. Methods: Data from
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Work hard, party harder:drug use and sexual behaviour in young British casual workers in Ibiza, Spain [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Every summer, young people flock to nightlife-focused holiday resorts around the world to find casual work. Despite being exposed to hedonistic environments, often for several months, little is known about their substance use, sexual activity
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Bodyspace at the pub: sexual orientations and organizational space [PDF]
, 2014 In this article we argue that sexuality is not only an undercurrent of service environments, but is integral to the way that these workspaces are experienced and negotiated.
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