Tag: Drugs and alcohol

Projects

• Chemsex: exploring sex and drugs among gay men in south London (2013-2014)
• Problematic alcohol and drug use among gay and bisexual men (2007-2009)

Final reports

• 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)
• Wasted opportunities: problematic alcohol and drug use among gay men and bisexual men
  Sigma Research, 2009 (ISBN 1 872956 97 1)

Journal articles

• 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, published online first 1 December 2018 ;64:5-12 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.11.011).
• A qualitative assessment of the acceptability of hepatitis C remote self-testing and self-sampling amongst people who use drugs in London, UK
  BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018; 18:281 (doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3185-7).
• 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).
• Findings from within-subjects comparisons of drug use and sexual risk behaviour in men who have sex with men in England
  International Journal of STDs & AIDS, 2017, 28; 3: 250-258 (doi:10.1177/0956462416642125).
• 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).
• Substance use among men who have sex with men: patterns, motivations, impacts and intervention development need
  Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017; 93(5):342-346 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2016-052674).
• Physical health inequalities among gay and bisexual men in England: a large community-based cross-sectional survey
  Journal of Public Health, 2017, 39(2): 290-296 (doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdw029).
• 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

• 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.
• Are drug use and situational characteristics at last sex associated with sexual outcomes?
  (G.J. Melendez-Torres, Ford Hickson, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell)
  HIV Prevention England Conference 2015, London, 19 February 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).
• A perfect storm? Modern technological and structural facilitators of drug use during sex among gay men in London
  (Adam Bourne, David Reid, Sergio Torres Rueda, Ford Hickson, Paul Steinberg, Peter Weatherburn)
  XX International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25 2014 (poster).
• Are interactions between substance use and place associated with sexual risk? An analysis of new partner encounters in a sample of MSM in England
  (G.J. Melendez-Torres, Ford Hickson, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell)
  XX International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25 2014 (poster).
• Event-level analysis of multipartner sexual encounters: situational characteristics and sexual outcomes reported by MSM in England
  (G.J. Melendez-Torres, Ford Hickson, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell)
  XX International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25 2014 (poster).
• Multi-encounter analysis of substance use, situational characteristics, and typologies of sexual outcomes in single-partner sexual encounters reported by MSM in England
  (G.J. Melendez-Torres, Ford Hickson, David Reid, Peter Weatherburn, Chris Bonell)
  XX International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25 2014 (poster).
• A review of drug use prevalence, harm, and targeted intervention provision for MSM
  (Adam Bourne)
  Harm Reduction International Conference, 12 June 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania.

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