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Melendez-Torres, G. J. and Bourne, Adam (2016) Illicit drug use and its association with sexual risk behaviour among MSM. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 29 (1). pp. 58-63. doi:10.1097/QCO.0000000000000234 ISSN 0951-7375.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000234
Abstract
Purpose of review: Illicit drug use before or during sex - known as sexualized drug use (colloquially 'chemsex' or 'party and play') - has evolved as novel psychoactive substances have entered the market in many parts of the world. here, we review key conceptual issues in associations between illicit drug use and sexual risk-behaviour in msm. Recent findings: Although many studies have confirmed that msm use drugs with greater prevalence than the general population, evidence is of variable quality and a sampling frame is difficult to establish. moreover, psychosocial hypotheses linking drug use and sexual risk, including cognitive escape and sensation seeking, are unsatisfactory and generally ignore strategic use of drugs for sexual aims. person-level associations between drug use history and both sexual risk behaviour and hiv infection tend to be consistent around the world, but evidence comparing encounters within subjects is generally unclear and out of date.
Summary: There is a need for interventions for harm reduction targeted at msm that account specifically for the social and cultural contexts of sexualized drug use. expanded attention to surveillance of emerging drug use trends can help clinicians in sexual health and infectious diseases best anticipate the needs of their service users.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Drug abuse -- Gay men -- Great Britain, Anal sex, Unsafe sex, Male homosexuality | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | ||||||
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0951-7375 | ||||||
| Official Date: | February 2016 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 58-63 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000234 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 October 2016 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 March 2017 | ||||||
| Funder: | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Faculty of Public Healthโ |
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