ssh-chemsex-study-final-main-report

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements................................................................................................................................................2
Glossary of key terms.............................................................................................................................................6
1. Introducing ‘chemsex’............................................................................................................................................8
1.1 Understanding the prevalence of chemsex in London................................................................10
1.2 The public health problem....................................................................................................................10
1.3 Chemsex in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham........................................................................... 11
1.4 Chemsex in an international context................................................................................................. 13
1.5 Overview of report.................................................................................................................................. 13
2. Methods....................................................................................................................................................................14
2.1. Secondary analysis of EMIS Survey data......................................................................................... 15
2.2 Qualitative interviews............................................................................................................................ 15
2.3 Focus groups with members of local gay community................................................................. 16
2.4 Focus group & interviews with community and clinical service providers............................ 16
3. Drug use among MSM living in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham:
survey data from EMIS......................................................................................................................................... 17
3.1 The EMIS Sample..................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2 Sample demographic characteristics................................................................................................ 18
3.3 Injecting drug use................................................................................................................................... 19
3.4 Recency of drug use by men in LSL.................................................................................................20
3.5 Drug use in LSL compared with elsewhere.................................................................................... 22
3.6 Variation in drug behaviours and needs across demographic groups................................... 23
3.6.1 Age............................................................................................................................................................. 23
3.6.2 HIV testing history................................................................................................................................. 24
3.7 Use of gay settings................................................................................................................................ 25
3.8 Setting use and drug use..................................................................................................................... 26
3.8.1 Gay café/bar/pub use and drug use................................................................................................. 26
3.8.2 Saunas and drug use............................................................................................................................. 27
3.8.3 Backrooms/sex clubs and drug use.................................................................................................. 28
3.8.4 Private sex parties and drug use....................................................................................................... 29
3.9 Summary........................................................................................................................................................30
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