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ProfessorMikeCrawford

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Professor of Mental Health Research
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 4161m.crawford

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Nicole Hickey +44 (0)20 3313 4161

 
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Location

 

Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bowden-Jones and Whitelock:2017:10.1108/DAT-01-2017-0001,
author = {Bowden-Jones and Whitelock, C and Abdulrahim, D and Hemmings, S and Margetts, A and Crawford, MJ},
doi = {10.1108/DAT-01-2017-0001},
journal = {Drugs and Alcohol Today},
pages = {50--59},
title = {Prevalence of HIV-risk related drug use and sexual activity among men who have sex with men attending a specialist UK club drug clinic},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DAT-01-2017-0001},
volume = {17},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Aims: To examine patterns of drug use amongst a cohort of drug treatment-seeking drug-using gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), and whether these behaviours differ between, or predict, HIV status. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Specialist club drug clinic in London. Participants: 407 consecutive attendees who identified as MSM. Measurements: Substance use, including injecting drug use (IDU), associated sexual activity, and self-reported HIV status were measured by clinical interview and National Drug Treatment Monitoring System data tool. Findings: Over a 45 month period, 407 MSM attended the clinic. 62.1% were HIV positive, 48.9% had injected drugs, 14.9% reported needle sharing and 73.3% used drugs to facilitate sex. The most commonly reported problem drugs were GHB/GBL (54.3%), methamphetamine (47.7%) and mephedrone (37.8%). HIV status was associated with methamphetamine, mephedrone, IDU, sharing equipment, using drugs to facilitate sex, older age and older age of drug initiation, as well as Hepatitis C (HCV) status. Use of methamphetamine, HCV infection, older age and IDU predicted HIV positive status in a logistic regression model. Conclusions: The findings describe a constellation of risk factors including high levels of IDU, sharing of equipment and high-risk sexual activity in a population with high rates of HIV positive serology. They also provide further evidence for a link between HIV infection and use of methamphetamine. We suggest a need for greater awareness of HIV-related risk behaviours and promotion of HIV prevention strategies for MSM by both sexual health and drug treatment services.
AU  - Bowden-Jones
AU  - Whitelock,C
AU  - Abdulrahim,D
AU  - Hemmings,S
AU  - Margetts,A
AU  - Crawford,MJ
DO  - 10.1108/DAT-01-2017-0001
EP  - 59
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1745-9265
SP  - 50
TI  - Prevalence of HIV-risk related drug use and sexual activity among men who have sex with men attending a specialist UK club drug clinic
T2  - Drugs and Alcohol Today
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/DAT-01-2017-0001
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43836
VL  - 17
ER  -
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