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

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

Local reports

• EMIS-2017 National Reports
  

Journal articles

• Potential alcohol use disorder among MSM in Ireland - Findings from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS 2017)
  Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2021; 223: 108698 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108698).
• 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, 2021; 97:282-289. (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054629).
• eHealth interventions to address sexual health, substance use, and mental health among men who have sex with men: systematic review and synthesis of process evaluations
  Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021; 23(4): e22477 (doi:10.2196/22477).
• Theories of change for e-health interventions targeting HIV/STIs and sexual risk, substance use and mental ill health amongst men who have sex with men: systematic review and synthesis
  Systematic Reviews, 2021; 10:21 (doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01523-2).
• Characteristics and sexual health service use of MSM engaging in chemsex: results from a large online survey in England
  Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020; 96: 590-595 (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054345).
• Monitoring the responses to hepatitis B and C epidemics in the EU/EEA Member States 2019
  ECDC Technical Report, 2020 (doi: 10.2900/034039).
• Links between transactional sex and HIV/STI-risk and substance use among a large sample of European men who have sex with men.
  BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019; 19(1):686 (doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4326-3).
• 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).
• 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).

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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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