Drug Use and Sexual Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men Who Frequent Party Venues

Research connecting club drug use to risky sex among gay/bisexual men (GBM) contains methodological issues that have limited knowledge about the relative risks of distinct drugs. This paper reports drug use and sexual behavior data from 197 GBM who frequented at least one party venue within 3 months...

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Published in:AIDS and behavior 2014-11, Vol.18 (11), p.2178-2186
Main Authors: Theodore, Peter S., Durán, Ron E., Antoni, Michael H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Amphetamine-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Amphetamine-Related Disorders - psychology
Bars
Bisexuality
Bisexuality - psychology
Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data
Clubs
Drug Abuse
Health Psychology
HIV
Homosexuality
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Ketamine
Knowledge
Male
Males
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Methamphetamine
Methodological Problems
Middle Aged
N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
Original Paper
Public Health
Risk
Risk Factors
Sexual Behavior
Sexual orientation
Social Behavior
Sodium Oxybate
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Unsafe Sex - psychology
Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Research connecting club drug use to risky sex among gay/bisexual men (GBM) contains methodological issues that have limited knowledge about the relative risks of distinct drugs. This paper reports drug use and sexual behavior data from 197 GBM who frequented at least one party venue within 3 months of participating. Alarming rates of drug use and unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with casual sex-partners were reported in connection with time spent at a bar, club or circuit party. Structural equation modeling revealed that use of methamphetamine, gammahydroxybutrate (GHB), and/or ketamine (K), but not use of ecstasy, at a party venue helped explain likelihood of UAI with a casual sex-partner while under the influence of a drug during/following time partying (β = 0.41, p  
ISSN:1090-7165
1573-3254
DOI:10.1007/s10461-014-0779-y