Sexualized Drug Use and Chemsex : Their Association with Sexual Health Among Men who have Sex with Men Living in Greece

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Objectives: The study aims to investigate rates of sexualized drug use (SDU) and chemsex, a type of SDU involving specifically the use of crystal methamphetamine, mephedrone, or GHB/GBL and their association with the rates of negative sexual health outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Greece. Methods: Survey of 485 MSM in internal disease departments and community testing centers. Results: Twenty-eight percent of participants were involved in SDU and 20.4% in chemsex. HIV positive status and recent STI diagnoses were associated with SDU involvement. Conclusion: SDU and chemsex rates and their impact on health reveal the need for informed community-based services.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health - 34(2022), 3 vom: 25., Seite 450-461

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Poulios, Antonios [VerfasserIn]
Apostolidou, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Triantafyllidou, Stavroula [VerfasserIn]
Protopapas, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
Tapeinos, Athanasios [VerfasserIn]
Papadopetrakis, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Papadopoulou, Martha [VerfasserIn]
Antoniadou, Anastasia [VerfasserIn]
Psichogiou, Mina [VerfasserIn]
Canellopoulos, Lissy [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Chemsex
Greece
Journal Article
Men who have sex with men
Sexual health
Sexualized drug use

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/19317611.2022.2045417

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370856120