Tag: Chemsex

Projects

• Chemsex: exploring sex and drugs among gay men in south London (2013-2014)

Final reports

• The EMIS Network. EMIS-2017 – The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey. Key findings from 50 countries.
  Stockholm, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2019 (ISBN 978-92-9498-341-1).
• Executive Summary - The Chemsex study: drug use in sexual settings among gay and bisexual men in LSL
  Sigma Research, March 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-906673-19-2)
• The Chemsex study: drug use in sexual settings among gay men in Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham
  Sigma Research, March 2014 (ISBN 978-1-906673-18-5)

Local reports

• EMIS-2017 National Reports
  

Journal articles

• 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, published online first 15 January 2021 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054629).
• Monitoring the responses to hepatitis B and C epidemics in the EU/EEA Member States 2019
  ECDC Technical Report, 2020 (doi: 10.2900/034039).
• Characteristics and sexual health service use of MSM engaging in chemsex: results from a large online survey in England
  Sexually Transmitted Infections, published online first 05 March 2020 (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054345).
• Drug use among men who have sex with men in Ireland: Prevalence and associated factors from a national online survey
  International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019; 64:5-12 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.11.011).
• 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).
• Typology of drug use in United Kingdom men who have sex with men and associations with socio-sexual characteristics
  International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018; 55:159–164 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.007).
• Correlates and subgroups of injecting drug use in UK gay and bisexual men: Findings from the 2014 Gay Men’s Sex Survey
  Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 2018; 187:292-295 (doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.014).
• Chemsex as edgework: towards a sociological understanding
  Sexual Health, 2018; 15(2):102-107 (doi:10.1071/SH17166).
• Motivations and values associated with combining sex and illicit drugs (‘chemsex’) among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study
  Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017, 93:203-206 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2016-052695).
• Social norms related to combining drugs and sex (“chemsex”) among gay men in South London
  International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016; 38:29–35 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.10.007).

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Presentations

• Challenges in defining Chemsex. Answers for surveillance from EMIS-2017
  (Axel J. Schmidt)
  STI & HIV 2019 World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 15 July 2019
• European MSM Internet Survey 2017: Response, Demographics, Chemsex, PrEP
  (Axel J. Schmidt & Peter Weatherburn)
  22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 23-27, 2018
• Apps, PrEP and chemsex: opposing forces in HIV prevention for men who have sex with men
  (Adam Bourne)
  British Association of Sexual Health & HIV Spring Conference, Oxford, 10th July, 2016
• Understanding drug use and chemsex among men who have sex with men
  (Adam Bourne)
  BASHH Spring Conference, Glasgow, 2 June 2015.
• Drug use in sexual settings among gay and bisexual men: findings from the South London Chemsex Study
  (Adam Bourne, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn)
  HIV Prevention England Conference 2015, London, 19 February 2015.
• Harm reduction and HIV prevention need among gay men in London using GHB/GBL, crystal methamphetamine and mephedrone during sex
  (Adam Bourne, David Reid ,Sergio Torres Rueda, Ford Hickson, Peter Weatherburn, Paul Steinberg)
  XX International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25 2014 (poster).